Table 1.
Adjectives used in the title adjacent to “study” for articles published in European Radiology volumes 25 to 29 inclusive. Adjectives used three or more times over the period are shown in the Table. Adjectives used once or twice only are shown in the footnote.* Where multiple terms were used in a title, all were noted
| Methodology descriptor | Frequency |
|---|---|
| Prospective | 29 |
| Retrospective | 29 |
| Feasibility | 25 |
| Multi-centre | 22 |
| Pilot | 17 |
| Preliminary | 15 |
| Comparative; comparison | 14 |
| Cohort; matched cohort; case-cohort | 13 |
| Case control; matched case-control | 9 |
| Observational | 6 |
| Single centre; single institution | 6 |
| Proof-of-concept | 5 |
| Ex-vivo; in-vivo; in vitro | 6 |
| Intra-individual | 5 |
| Propensity score matching | 4 |
| Diagnostic performance; diagnostic accuracy | 4 |
| Population based | 3 |
| Reader; independent reader; multi-reader – multi-case | 3 |
| Inter-observer; inter-rater; intra-reader | 3 |
| Longitudinal | 3 |
| Long-term | 3 |
| Safety; safety and efficacy | 3 |
*Agreement; basic; case; clinical; clinically validated; controlled; dose-finding; dose-saving; experimental; exploratory; external validation; follow-up; global; histology validated; image quality; initial; international; large; non-inferiority; non-interventional; non-randomised; observer performance; patient; primary; prognostic panel; quantitative; rabbit model; randomised; spatial statistics; survey; reproducibility and reliability; validation