Announcement Archive

_{July 2019}

ESR to organise special ‘Children in Focus’ programme for ECR 2020 with support from the European Society of Paediatric Radiology

After the success of ECR 2019’s ‘Women in Focus’ programme, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) will once again organise an exclusive ‘in Focus’ event at the European Congress of Radiology 2020. The programme, titled ‘Children in Focus’, will explore a broad range of health and social issues related specifically to children and young adults and will be dedicated in memoriam Prof. Helen M.L. Carty.

_{July 2019}

Former ESR President Prof. Guy Frija receives honorary membership of the Radiological Society of Kazakhstan

Congratulations to former ESR President Prof. Guy Frija for receiving the honorary membership of the Radiological Society of Kazakhstan. Prof. Frija, who is incumbent Chair of the ESR EuroSafe Imaging Steering Committee, received the award during the 8th Eurasian Radiological Forum, on 27-29 June 2019 in Astana/Kazakhstan.

_{June 2019}

Former ESR President, Prof. Lluís Donoso-Bach awarded honorary membership of the Sociedade Paulista de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagen

Former President of the ESR, Prof. Lluís Donoso-Bach has been awarded honorary membership of the Sociedade Paulista de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagen. Prof. Donoso was presented with the award during the 49th Jornada Paulista de Radiologia (JPR 2019) held in May 2019 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The ESR would like to congratulate Prof. Donoso on his achievement.

_{May 2019}

ESR renews calls for the harmonisation of the radiology profession

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) has renewed its initiatives to adapt the EU legal framework governing the recognition of professional qualifications. The radiology community urges the European Commission and the Member States to increase the minimum duration of training for radiologists from four to five years, in compliance with the European Training Curriculum for Radiology, and change the name of the discipline from “Diagnostic Radiology” to “Radiology”, reflecting the profession’s current practice.

Read the full statement

_{May 2019}

The ESR Patient Advisory Group launches new strategy

The ESR Patient Advisory Group (ESR-PAG), bringing together patients and imaging professionals, is excited to launch a new strategy “ESR-PAG: a Strategy for 2019 and Beyond” to meet growing patient expectations in the rapidly changing field of medical imaging. The ESR-PAG is convinced that the deepened collaboration between the ESR and the patient community will further enhance patient-centredness in medical imaging.

_{May 2019}

ECR 2020 to feature keynote speech by world-leading neuroscientist, Nenad Sestan

Next year’s European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2020) will include a lecture by Prof. Nenad Sestan, the leading researcher of a Yale study, which successfully partially revived pig brains six hours after death. Prof. Sestan joins a line-up of many top scientists from across the world who will be speaking at Europe’s largest radiological meeting.

_{April 2019}

Siemens Healthineers and European Society of Radiology initiate partnership for digitalization

Collaboration on events for digitalization and artificial intelligence (AI)
Webinars and webcasts for information and discussion with radiologists
Blog posts from Siemens Healthineers offer insights into development

With their first course under the heading “Intelligence. Innovation. Imaging – The perfect vision of AI,” held in Barcelona on April 5-6, Siemens Healthineers and the European Society of Radiology launched a collaborative arrangement aimed at promoting discussion with the radiology community.

_{April 2019}

Friedrich Olbert (1920 – 2019)

The ESR is sad to report that Professor Friedrich Olbert, a pioneer of interventional radiology and recipient of the EAR’s Boris Rajewski medal in 2000, passed away on April 6, 2019, in his 99^th year of life.

Prof. Olbert was one of the founders of the Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiological Society of Europe (CIRSE) and acted as its first Meeting President in 1985. The joint annual meeting of the German, Austrian and Swiss IR societies is named in honour of his achievements: ‘Interventionell Radiologisches Olbert-Symposium (IROS)’.

Prof. Olbert was an expert on classical music, played the violin and loved to visit the Vienna concert halls and operas. He leaves behind his wife, Blanka, who throughout his career helped him with his numerous activities.

He will be dearly missed by his colleagues and friends.

_{April 2019}

Thousands tune in to discover more about the future of radiology at the ESR’s debut Artificial Intelligence event

With more than 5,800 registrations from 140 countries for the live streaming and 230 attendees onsite, the European Society of Radiology’s (ESR) event, ‘Intelligence. Innovation. Imaging – The perfect vision of AI’, highlighted the importance that artificial intelligence (AI) is playing for radiologists around the world.

_{March 2019}

ESR streams AI event of the year free of charge – Over 1,200 registrations in the first 24 hours

Registration is now open to participate from home in one of the most elite Artificial Intelligence (AI) radiology events of 2019. Professionals worldwide will be able to live stream the entire two-day AI event free of charge from any device. The course, titled ‘Intelligence. Innovation. Imaging - The Perfect Vision of AI’ will take place in Barcelona on April 5-6, and is certain to be one of the European Society of Radiology’s (ESR) & European School of Radiology’s (ESOR) biggest highlights of the year.