Guidelines & Recommendations

Clinical indications for image guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)—part III, nerves of the upper limb
Luca Maria Sconfienza, Miraude Adriaensen, Domenico Albano, Georgina Allen, Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Alberto Bazzocchi, Ian Beggs, Bianca Bignotti, Vito Chianca, Angelo Corazza, Danoob Dalili, Miriam De Dea, Jose Luis del Cura, Francesco Di Pietto, Eleni Drakonaki, Fernando Facal de Castro, Dimitrios Filippiadis, Jan Gielen, Salvatore Gitto, Harun Gupta, Andrea S. Klauser, Radhesh Lalam, Silvia Martin, Carlo Martinoli, Giovanni Mauri, Catherine McCarthy, Eugene McNally, Kalliopi Melaki, Carmelo Messina, Rebeca Mirón Mombiela, Benedikt Neubauer, Marina Obradov, Cyprian Olchowy, Davide Orlandi, Raquel Prada Gonzalez, Saulius Rutkauskas, Ziga Snoj, Alberto Stefano Tagliafico, Alexander Talaska, Violeta Vasilevska-Nikodinovska, Jelena Vucetic, David Wilson, Federico Zaottini, Marcello Zappia, Athena Plagou, on behalf of the Ultrasound and Interventional Subcommittees of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)
Societies involved: ESSR

Clinical indications for image-guided interventional procedures in the musculoskeletal system: a Delphi-based consensus paper from the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR)—part I, shoulder
Luca Maria Sconfienza, Miraude Adriaensen, Domenico Albano, Georgina Allen, Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Alberto BazzocchiIan Beggs, Bianca Bignotti, Vito Chianca, Angelo Corazza, Danoob Dalili, Miriam De Dea, Jose Luis del Cura, Francesco Di Pietto, Eleni Drakonaki, Fernando Facal de Castro, Dimitrios Filippiadis, Jan Gielen, Salvatore Gitto, Harun Gupta, Andrea S. Klauser, Radhesh Lalam, Silvia Martin, Carlo Martinoli, Giovanni Mauri, Catherine McCarthy, Eugene McNally, Kalliopi Melaki, Carmelo Messina, Rebeca Mirón Mombiela, Benedikt Neubauer, Cyprian Olchowy, Davide Orlandi, Athena Plagou, Raquel Prada Gonzalez, Saulius Rutkauskas, Ziga Snoj, Alberto Stefano Tagliafico, Alexander Talaska, Violeta Vasilevska-Nikodinovska, Jelena Vucetic, David Wilson, Federico Zaottini, Marcello Zappia, Marina Obradov
Societies involved: ESSR

CT and MR imaging prior to transcatheter aortic valve implantation: standardisation of scanning protocols, measurements and reporting—a consensus document by the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR)
Marco Francone, Ricardo P. J. Budde, Jens Bremerich, Jean Nicolas Dacher, Christian Loewe, Florian Wolf, Luigi Natale, Gianluca Pontone, Alban Redheuil, Rozemarijn Vliegenthart, Kostantin Nikolaou, Matthias Gutberlet, Rodrigo Salgado
Societies involved: ESCR

Validated imaging biomarkers as decision-making tools in clinical trials and routine practice: current status and recommendations from the EIBALL* subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
Nandita M. deSouza, Eric Achten, Angel Alberich-Bayarri, Fabian Bamberg, Ronald Boellaard, Olivier Clément, Laure Fournier, Ferdia Gallagher, Xavier Golay, Claus Peter Heussel, Edward F. Jackson, Rashindra Manniesing, Marius E. Mayerhofer, Emanuele Neri, James O’Connor, Kader Karli Oguz, Anders Persson, Marion Smits, Edwin J. R. van Beek, Christoph J. Zech & European Society of Radiology
Societies involved: EIBALL, ESR

Consensus report from the 8th International Forum for Liver Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Christoph J. Zech, Ahmed Ba-Ssalamah, Thomas Berg, Hersh Chandarana, Gar-Yang Chau, Luigi Grazioli, Myeong-Jin Kim, Jeong Min Lee, Elmar M. Merkle, Takamichi Murakami, Jens Ricke, Claude B. Sirlin, Bin Song, Bachir Taouli, Kengo Yoshimitsu, Dow-Mu Koh

Endometrial Cancer MRI staging: Updated Guidelines of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology.
Stephanie Nougaret, Mariana Horta, Evis Sala, Yulia Lakhman, Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, Aki Kido, Gabriele Masselli, Nishat Bharwani, Elizabeth Sadowski, Andrea Ertmer, Milagros Otero-Garcia, Rahel A. Kubik-Huch, Teresa M Cunha, Andrea Rockall, Rosemarie Forstner
Societies involved: ESUR

Ultrasound evaluation of varicoceles: guidelines and recommendations of the European Society of Urogenital Radiology Scrotal and Penile Imaging Working Group (ESUR-SPIWG) for detection, classification, and grading
Simon Freeman, Michele Bertolotto, Jonathan Richenberg, Jane Belfield, Vikram Dogra, Dean Y. Huang, Francesco Lotti, Karolina Markiet, Olivera Nikolic, Subramaniyan Ramanathan, Parvati Ramchandani, Laurence Rocher, Mustafa Secil, Paul S. Sidhu, Katarzyna Skrobisz, Michal Studniarek, Athina Tsili, Ahmet Tuncay Turgut, Pietro Pavlica, Lorenzo E. Derchi; members of the ESUR-SPIWG WG
Societies involved: ESUR-SPIWG

A critical appraisal of the quality of adult musculoskeletal ultrasound guidelines using the AGREE II tool: an EuroAIM initiative.
Carmelo Messina, Bianca Bignotti, Alberto Tagliafico, Davide Orlandi, Angelo Corazza, Francesco Sardanelli, Luca Maria Sconfienza
Societies involved: EuroAIM

Management and follow-up of gallbladder polyps : Joint guidelines between the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR), European Association for Endoscopic Surgery and other Interventional Techniques (EAES), International Society of Digestive Surgery - European Federation (EFISDS) and European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE).
Rebecca Wiles, Ruedi F. Thoeni, Sorin Traian Barbu, Yogesh K. Vashist, Søren Rafael Rafaelsen, Catherine Dewhurst, Marianna Arvanitakis, Max Lahaye, Marek Soltes, Julie Perinel, Stuart Ashley Roberts
Societies involved: ESGAR, EAES, EFISDS, ESGE

European society of urogenital radiology (ESUR) guidelines: MR imaging of pelvic endometriosis.
M. Bazot, N. Bharwani, C. Huchon, K. Kinkel, T. M. Cunha, A. Guerra, L. Manganaro, L. Buñesch, A. Kido, K. Togashi, I. Thomassin-Naggara, A. G. Rockall
Societies involved: ESUR

Infection prevention and control in ultrasound - best practice recommendations from the European Society of Radiology Ultrasound Working Group.
Christiane M. Nyhsen, Hilary Humphreys, Roland J. Koerner, Nicolas Grenier, Adrian Brady, Paul Sidhu, Carlos Nicolau, Gerhard Mostbeck, Mirko D’Onofrio, Afshin Gangi, Michel Claudon
Societies involved: European Society of Radiology Ultrasound Working Group.

Mammography: an update of the EUSOBI recommendations on information for women.
Francesco Sardanelli, Eva M. Fallenberg, Paola Clauser, Rubina M. Trimboli, Julia Camps-Herrero, Thomas H. Helbich, Gabor Forrai
Societies involved: EUSOBI

Position paper on screening for breast cancer by the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) and 30 national breast radiology bodies from Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Israel, Lithuania, Moldova, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.
Francesco Sardanelli, Hildegunn S. Aase, Marina Álvarez, Edward Azavedo, Henk J. Baarslag, Corinne Balleyguier, Pascal A. Baltzer, Vanesa Beslagic, Ulrich Bick, Dragana Bogdanovic-Stojanovic, Ruta Briediene, Boris Brkljacic, Julia Camps Herrero, Catherine Colin, Eleanor Cornford, Jan Danes, Gérard de Geer, Gul Esen, Andrew Evans, Michael H. Fuchsjaeger, Fiona J. Gilbert, Oswald Graf, Gormlaith Hargaden, Thomas H. Helbich, Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner, Valentin Ivanov, Ásbjörn Jónsson, Christiane K. Kuhl, Eugenia C. Lisencu, Elzbieta Luczynska, Ritse M. Mann, Jose C. Marques, Laura Martincich, Margarete Mortier, Markus Müller-Schimpfle, Katalin Ormandi, Pietro Panizza, Federica Pediconi, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Katja Pinker, Tarja Rissanen, Natalia Rotaru, Gianni Saguatti, Tamar Sella, Jana Slobodníková, Maret Talk, Patrice Taourel, Rubina M. Trimboli, Ilse Vejborg, Athina Vourtsis, Gabor Forrai
Societies involved: EUSOBI

ESUR recommendations for MR imaging of the sonographically indeterminate adnexal mass: an update.
Rosemarie Forstner, Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara, Teresa Margarida Cunha, Karen Kinkel, Gabriele Masselli, Rahel Kubik-Huch, John A. Spencer, Andrea Rockall
Societies involved: ESUR

The first joint ESGAR/ ESPR consensus statement on the technical performance of cross-sectional small bowel and colonic imaging.
S. A. Taylor, F. Avni, C. G. Cronin, C. Hoeffel, S. H. Kim, A. Laghi, M. Napolitano, P. Petit, J. Rimola, D. J. Tolan, M. R. Torkzad, M. Zappa, G. Bhatnagar, C. A. J Puylaert, J. Stoker
Societies involved: ESGAR, ESPR

Breast MRI: EUSOBI recommendations for women's information.
Ritse M. Mann, Corinne Balleyguier, Pascal A. Baltzer, Ulrich Bick, Catherine Colin, Eleanor Cornford, Andrew Evans, Eva Fallenberg, Gabor Forrai, Michael H. Fuchsjäger, Fiona J. Gilbert, Thomas H. Helbich, Sylvia H. Heywang-Köbrunner, Julia Camps-Herrero, Christiane K. Kuhl, Laura Martincich, Federica Pediconi, Pietro Panizza, Luis J. Pina, Ruud M. Pijnappel, Katja Pinker-Domenig, Per Skaane, Francesco Sardanelli
Societies involved: EUSOBI

ESR/ERS white paper on lung cancer screening.
Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Lorenzo Bonomo, Mina Gaga, Kristiaan Nackaerts, Nir Peled, Mathias Prokop, Martine Remy-Jardin, Oyunbileg von Stackelberg, Jean-Paul Sculier
Societies involved: ESR, ERS

Testicular microlithiasis imaging and follow-up: guidelines of the ESUR scrotal imaging subcommittee.
Jonathan Richenberg, Jane Belfield, Parvati Ramchandani, Laurence Rocher, Simon Freeman, Athina C. Tsili, Faye Cuthbert, Michal Studniarek, Michele Bertolotto, Ahmet Tuncay Turgut, Vikram Dogra, Lorenzo E. Derchi
Societies involved: ESUR

Clinical indications for computed tomographic colonography: European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE) and European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) Guideline.
Cristiano Spada, Jaap Stoker, Onofre Alarcon, Federico Barbaro, Davide Bellini, Michael Bretthauer, Margriet C. De Haan, Jean-Marc Dumonceau, Monika Ferlitsch, Steve Halligan, Emma Helbren, Mikael Hellstrom, Ernst J. Kuipers, Philippe Lefere, Thomas Mang, Emanuele Neri, Lucio Petruzziello, Andrew Plumb, Daniele Regge, Stuart A. Taylor, Cesare Hassan, Andrea Laghi
Societies involved: ESGE, ESGAR

Acute abdominal and pelvic pain in pregnancy: ESUR recommendations.
Gabriele Masselli, Lorenzo Derchi, Josephine McHugo, Andrea Rockall, Peter Vock, Michael Weston, John Spencer
Societies involved: ESUR

Magnetic resonance imaging for the clinical management of rectal cancer patients: recommendations from the 2012 European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) consensus meeting.
Regina G. H. Beets-Tan, Doenja M. J. Lambregts, Monique Maas, Shandra Bipat, Brunella Barbaro, Filipe Caseiro-Alves, Luís Curvo-Semedo, Helen M. Fenlon, Marc J. Gollub, Sofia Gourtsoyianni, Steve Halligan, Christine Hoeffel, Seung Ho Kim, Andrea Laghi, Andrea Maier, Søren R. Rafaelsen, Jaap Stoker, Stuart A. Taylor, Michael R. Torkzad, Lennart Blomqvist
Societies involved: ESGAR

ESR communication guidelines for radiologists
European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Societies involved: ESR

The second ESGAR consensus statement on CT colonography.
Emanuele Neri, Steve Halligan, Mikael Hellström, Philippe Lefere, Thomas Mang, Daniele Regge, Jaap Stoker, Stuart Taylor, Andrea Laghi; ESGAR CT Colonography Working Group
Societies involved: ESGAR

Nephrogenic systemic fibrosis and gadolinium-based contrast media: updated ESUR Contrast Medium Safety Committee guidelines.
Henrik S. Thomsen, Sameh K. Morcos, Torsten Almén, Marie-France Bellin, Michele Bertolotto, Georg Bongartz, Olivier Clement, Peter Leander, Gertraud Heinz-Peer, Peter Reimer, Fulvio Stacul, Aart van der Molen, Judith AW Webb
Societies involved: ESUR

Multimodality imaging training curriculum-general recommendations
European Society of Radiology (ESR), European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM)
Societies involved: ESR, EANM

Good practice for radiological reporting. Guidelines from the European Society of Radiology (ESR).
European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Societies involved: ESR