Table 7.

Workflow codebook

Workflow	Definition
Information	Provide information to patients and referring physician about a radiological examination
Indication	Decide the indications for certain examinations, for example implementation of institutional guidelines that describe the indications for specific radiologic examinations
Decision support	Support referring physician in choosing an examination for a specific patient
Vetting	Decide what imaging protocol is needed for a specific patient
Acquisition	Give input to technicians during image acquisition about adaptations to the imaging protocol in case of unexpected findings or other questions of the technicians.
Post-processing (modality)	Perform post-processing, before sending images to PACS
Prioritization	Decide the order in which images are read by the radiologist
Post-processing (PACS)	Perform post-processing steps during case reading, including anatomical segmentation
Detection	Detect and annotate abnormal findings
Segmentation (pathology)	Segment abnormal findings
Quantification (anatomical)	Quantify certain anatomical structures
Quantification (pathology)	Quantify abnormal findings
Interpretation	Interpret the detected normal or abnormal imaging findings in the context of the clinical history and the request of the referring physician; the cognitive process of going from imaging findings to a differential diagnosis.
Reporting	Report in terms of free-text or structured reporting
Communication	Communicate radiological findings by other means than the radiology report, for example, in a Multidisciplinary Team Meeting or by phone in case of the communication of critical findings.
Peer review	Analyse cases for peer review and provide feedback to other radiologists
Quality assurance	Perform tasks related to quality assurance such as improving of the workflow, or assessing the quality of radiology reports