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Villepinte (France), February 19, 2020 — Guerbet, the global specialist in contrast media and solutions for diagnostic and interventional imaging, will attend ECR (European Congress of Radiology) 2020, from March 11^th to 15^th in Vienna (Austria). This year, healthcare professionals will be able to experience the Group's latest innovations, its patient pathway and its comprehensive educational program, at the Tech Gate Building near the Austria Center Vienna.

February 2020 - The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is pleased to announce the publication of an important joint statement with the European Respiratory Society (ERS) on lung cancer screening (LCS) in Europe. Endorsed by both societies, the paper contains a contemporary, non-systematic review of the literature and common practice in lung cancer screening in Europe and also refers to the important NELSON study results.

Intended to be an update of a past ESR-ERS working group white paper on lung...

Addressing the ongoing developments and challenges for public health related to the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), the European Society of Radiology (ESR) will hold a special ‘trending topic session’ at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2020. The session will feature first-hand experts, and will be publicly available on-site and online. 

The trending topic session will feature experts from Wuhan, Paris, Frankfurt, Munich and Rome, who have first-hand experience in imaging and treating patients infected with COVID-19 sharing their...

The European Society of Radiology (ESR), represented by its President, Prof. Boris Brkljacic, participated in a series of successful meetings and events on the 10^th of December in Brussels to strengthen the position of medical imaging on the European Union (EU) health policy agenda.

In the afternoon, the ESR participated in the event entitled “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – Better access to cancer care in Europe?” hosted by EU40, a group of young Members of the European Parliament under...

December 2019 - A group of prominent European and North American members of the radiological community have collaborated to produce an important publication on the status of women in the field of radiology, highlighting positive developments as well as areas where greater progress is needed.

Published in European Radiology, the special report, ‘Women in Radiology: Gender diversity is not a metric – it is a tool for excellence’, reviews the current state of gender diversity in academic and...