Table 3 Official signer of CMR reports by specialty

Only cardiologists officially sign reports

34

Only radiologists officially sign reports

4.5

Only one physician signs each report, and this may be either a cardiologist or radiologist (1 report per patient)

23

Both radiologists and cardiologists officially sign all reports (2 physicians per report)

25

Radiologists and cardiologists sign some studies jointly and some by themselves

9

A radiologist and a cardiologist each sign separate reports on the same patient (2 reports per patient)

4.5