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The European Board of Radiology (EBR) has been busy in recent months working on a number of exciting new projects, activities and offers. Here is an update on everything the organisation has been doing:

Introducing ETAP 2.0
The EBR was proud to launch an updated version of the European Training Assessment Programme (ETAP) at the European Congress of Radiology 2018. The improved programme, named ETAP 2.0, introduces a brand new platform, which enables a quick and easy online certification process...

Vienna, Austria - October 1st, 2018 - The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and GE Healthcare are partnering on artificial intelligence (AI) for the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on February 27-March 3, 2019 in Vienna, Austria. The partnership includes joint sessions on artificial intelligence and a 300 m² dedicated space on GE Healthcare’s 850 m² booth where visitors can experience the AI transformation through interactive tools.

The average hospital generates 50 petabytes of data annually*, including clinical notes,...

The European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) has published its Strategic Research Agenda (SRA) for Biomedical Imaging. The agenda identifies current challenges and needs in healthcare, illustrating how biomedical imaging and derived data can help to address these challenges, in order to stimulate dedicated research funding efforts and mechanisms.

The SRA was developed in collaboration with EIBIR`s shareholders representing scientific societies related to biomedical imaging, as well as EIBIR's Scientific Advisory Board. It identifies and describes five main challenges...

Tuesday, September 18, 2018 (ESR, Vienna) – The International Day of Radiology (IDoR) will be celebrated for the seventh time on November 8, this year focusing on cardiac imaging.

Cardiac imaging is a fast-growing subspecialty of diagnostic radiology that plays a huge part in the assessment and management of heart patients throughout the world. Cardiac radiologists – the experts in charge – supervise or perform imaging examinations, using technology such as computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and...