Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
Artificial intelligence, language models, machine learning or similar technologies do not qualify for authorship. Attribution of authorship requires accountability for the work, and AI technologies cannot take such responsibility.
Submission and publication of content created by AI, language models, machine learning or similar technologies is only permitted if used to assist with writing or editing (this use does not include basic tools, such as grammar, spelling and references) or if used in formal research design or methods. At submission, authors must disclose whether they used AI or AI-assisted technologies in the preparation of the manuscript. If an article is deemed to have been influenced, shaped or written by AI and the author did not divulge that information when they submitted it, the article is subject to disqualification and might not be published. If AI or AI-assisted technologies are used in formal research design or methods, the name of the model or tool, version and extension numbers, and manufacturer must be included in the Methods section.
AI tools or similar technologies may be used to assist with writing or editing to adequately communicate work. However, authors are responsible for ensuring accuracy of their work and that all sources are cited correctly. Authors are responsible for ensuring there is no plagiarism.
AI tools or similar technologies may be used in formal research design or methods. However, authors are responsible for the integrity of the content generated by these technologies.
The submission and publication of figures, images, or graphics created by AI, language models, machine learning or similar technologies is not allowed without permission from the editors. Exceptions may be granted but will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis and should be disclosed at the time of submission.
The Radiologic Technology and Radiation Therapist journals recognize that this area is quickly developing. Thus, our stance on AI-generated media might change with the evolution of copyright law and industry standards on ethical use.
Conflict of Interest
You must disclose any potential conflicts of interest or whether you have submitted the manuscript to other journals. You can use study results in more than one paper, but you cannot submit your previously published work. Also, while your manuscript is under consideration for an ASRT journal, you may not submit it to other journals.
Copyright Transfer
When you submit your article for publication, you must enter the initials of the corresponding author in a text field on the online submission form to signify that he or she has checked with each listed contributing author for permission to submit the manuscript in its current form to the designated journal and confirm that you agree to convey all copyright ownership to the American Society of Radiologic Technologists in the event that said work is published by the ASRT in any printed or electronic format.
Patient Consent/HIPAA
Certain HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements apply to the use and disclosure of patient information in articles.
If you remove the 18 listed HIPAA identifiers from your article prior to submission of the article to the journal, you do not need to obtain a signed privacy authorization from the patient subject of the article. You must also guarantee that the photos or illustrations you used cannot lead to identification of the patient, and that the situation described is not so unique as to be identifiable by other public sources.
If you wish to publish an article that contains identifiers, you must first obtain each patient's signed HIPAA-compliant authorization. It is not necessary to submit this authorization form to the institutional review board (IRB) for review.
Original Research
If you submit a peer-reviewed article covering research using human experimentation, state in the Methods section the local institution that approved the human experimentation. Include the IRB project number and the date on which approval was obtained. If the study was exempt from IRB approval, provide an explanation.
Case Reports
A single, retrospective case report is an activity intended to develop information to be shared for medical and educational purposes. Although IRB approval is not required, certain HIPAA Privacy Rule requirements apply to the use and disclosure of protected health information (PHI) for a single case report:
Investigators who remove HIPAA identifiers from the case report data prior to disclosure of the data (e.g., prior to submission of the case report to a journal) do not need to obtain a signed privacy authorization from the subject of the case report.
Please note that in addition to removing the 18 listed HIPAA identifiers, the author/investigator must determine that no photo or illustration in the case report could lead to identification of the patient, and that the case(s) described are not so unique as to be identifiable with reference to other public sources such as media accounts.
Investigators who wish to publish a case report that is not completely de-identified to the standards of the HIPAA Privacy Rule (i.e., that contains any direct or indirect identifiers) must first obtain each patient's signed HIPAA-compliant authorization. It is not necessary to submit this authorization form to the IRB for review.
Plagiarism Screening
Plagiarism is the unauthorized use of other people's words or ideas. In your manuscript you must acknowledge the ideas and work of other authors using AMA reference style. Before a manuscript can be reviewed, it must pass ASRT's plagiarism screening process.
Permissions
If you choose to incorporate visual elements into your submission, please review the permissions required to reprint work or use a photograph of a human subject.