Announcement Archive

Start your future now with the ESR Research Seed Grant

Together with the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR), the ESR has launched a new seed funding programme for innovative one-year projects and pilot studies on AI or cardiac imaging.

The purpose of the programme is to stimulate and provide finding for ambitious projects that will subsequently lead to larger studies and further funding applications. Seed grants may amount to €4,000-8,000 for a period of 12 months.

Up to 10 projects will be funded in 2020. The recipients will be announced at ECR 2020. Application Deadline: January 15, 2020

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Kurt Anton Amplatz (1924 - 2019)

The ESR is sad to report that Professor Kurt Anton Amplatz, one of the great pioneers in Adult and Paediatric Cardiology and Interventional Radiology, has passed away on November 6, 2019, in his 95^th year of life.

Prof. Amplatz has published hundreds of scientific papers, book chapters and books, while teaching and training generations of cardiologists and interventional radiologists. He was also awarded the Gold Medal of the European Congress of Radiology and the European Association of Radiology in the year 2000.

_{November 2019}

ESR President, Prof. Boris Brkljačić receives Honorary Membership of the Austrian Roentgen Society

The ESR would like to sincerely congratulate our current President, Prof. Boris Brkljačić for receiving Honorary Membership of the Austrian Roentgen Society. Prof. Brkljačić was handed the award during an awards ceremony hosted in Vienna, Austria on 08 November 2019.

_{November 2019}

ESR supports broad and integrated public-private partnership on health

The ESR welcomes the establishment of a new public-private partnership on health entitled the ‘Innovative Health Initiative’ that succeeds the Innovative Medicines Initiative.

_{November 2019}

Hybrid imaging proves to be a trending topic in radiology as CHILI 2.0 sees a rise in viewers

The second Conference on Hybrid Imaging Live (CHILI 2.0), which took place on October 25, saw an increase in the number of people tuning in for the virtual meeting in comparison to last year’s debut meeting. A total of 4,064 people registered for CHILI 2.0 compared to 3,515 last year, representing an increase of 16 percent.

_{November 2019}

The ESR and ERS call for greater EU focus on lung cancer to reduce deaths and beat cancer

Brussels, 6 November 2019 – Under the auspices of the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Claudia Gamon, the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE) have joined forces to organise an event at the European Parliament and publish a factsheet that aims to raise awareness of lung cancer and the need for increased visibility of the disease in European Union (EU) policies.

_{November 2019}

European Society of Radiology and GE Healthcare open a 'World of Possibilities' by renewing partnership for ECR 2020

Vienna, Austria – November 5, 2019 - The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and GE Healthcare have announced the renewal of their partnership for the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on March 11-15, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. The partnership includes joint sessions and a 1,050m² booth.

_{October 2019}

European Diploma in Radiology examination to be held at ECR 2020 – just one highlight of the EDiR’s whirlwind year of activities

The European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) will once again be holding an examination during the European Congress of Radiology, with all places for the exam already sold. This event joins a list of exciting developments that have occurred since ECR 2019, with the examination having recently seen product launches and new agreements with national radiology societies.

_{October 2019}

Imaging of Motion & Performance: ESR and ESSR team up for a home run with new sports imaging book

Vienna, October 29, 2019 (ESR) – To mark the International Day of Radiology (IDoR) 2019, the European Society of Radiology is publishing its biggest ever IDoR book, Imaging of Motion & Performance. Stress & Strain, focusing on sports imaging and the wider field of musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology.

_{October 2019}

Well-received Best of ECR programme debuts at the CBR 2019

The Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Annual Meeting (CBR 2019 played host to a brand new initiative by the European Society of Radiology, the Best of ECR. The ‘Best of ECR’ saw ten speakers presenting their outstanding ECR lectures at CBR 2019, which took place from October 10-12.