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March 8, 2019 – As the European Society of Radiology (ESR) celebrates International Women’s Day, it is time to reflect on one of the biggest success stories of ECR 2019, Women in Focus. This pioneer programme led by Prof. Hedvig Hricak, celebrated the role of women working in medicine and truly embodied the ECR’s theme this year, encouraging everyone to explore ‘The Bigger Picture’.

Women in Focus was one of the most popular highlights of this year’s congress. Each and...

Vienna, March 6, 2019 (ECR) - The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) closed on March 3 with an impressive growth in attendance, a remarkable achievement as the trend for big meetings seems to be heading in the opposite direction lately. The organisers, the European Society of Radiology (ESR), are proud to announce a total onsite participation of 23,239, including a record number of 14,602 professional delegates, which represents a 5% increase compared to ECR 2018, and a total of...

Joint press release by Siemens Healthineers and the European Society of Radiology

• Siemens Healthineers Digital Experience Hall new additional program highlight of ECR 2019 in Vienna
• Topics for discussion selected as part of the partnership between Siemens Healthineers and the European Society of Radiology by the congress participants
• Focus on artificial intelligence, big data and augmented and virtual reality

As part of their partnership, the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and Siemens Healthineers will, for the first time, offer a...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the hottest topic in radiology right now and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) together with the European School of Radiology (ESOR) are excited to announce their first premium event on AI. The two-day event entitled ‘Intelligence. Innovation. Imaging - The Perfect Vision of AI. An ESR Premium Event brought to you by ESOR’ will be held in Barcelona, Spain, on April 5-6, 2019.

The main focus of this ESR/ESOR AI event is the basic technical...

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is pleased to announce that collaboration efforts with the Chinese Society of Radiology (CSR) to translate 500 ECR 2018 Online lectures have been a great success. Since the videos were translated into Mandarin last year, over 700,000 views have been logged on the CSR website.  

The high viewing figures come after a record number of Chinese radiologists attended ECR 2018. The translated videos are all of lectures given at last year’s congress and...