ESR Research Committee

Objectives

Periodical survey of the research communities’ needs
Development of recommendations for radiologists to engage with different fields of research and innovation
Provide strategic recommendations for the research field to the ESR Executive Council
Leverage cooperation between research disciplines
Provide the liaison of the ESR with the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging Research (EIBIR) and help to promote its services and activities
Foster networking and liaising with scientific biomedical European societies
Provide recommendations and guidelines for lung cancer screening jointly with the European Respiratory Society
Coordinate activities related to imaging biobanks and biomarkers (see EIBALL):
- To promote the development of imaging biobanks and intelligent tools for the analysis and processing of imaging biomarkers
- To promote the standardisation, validation and benchmarking of the imaging data included in those biobanks
- To stimulate the linking and integration of existing (national and regional) image data repositories related to populations, screening /early detection and disease
- To stimulate the link between imaging biobanks and traditional biobanks through the development of standards and liaison with BBMRI-ERIC (Biobanking and BioMolecular resources Research Infrastructure)
- To explore the economical, ethical/legal issues for the management of imaging biobanks
Coordinate activities aimed to foster research education:
- To assess the current status of and develop recommendations on how to improve education in research
- To regularly update the input of research into the ESR European Training Curriculum for Radiology

If you want to view the composition of the ESR Research Committee.

Publications and Statements of the Research Committee and its subgroups

ESR Position Paper on Imaging Biobanks
Insights Imaging (ePub May 2015), DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0409-x

ESR/ERS white paper on lung cancer screening
European Radiology, DOI: 10.1007/s00330-015-3697-0

Research education in Europe: an opinion paper by the European Society of Radiology
Insights Imaging (ePub March 2015), DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0397-x

MD PhD programmes with relevance to imaging. Results from a European survey
Volume 4 (2013) Issue 4 (Aug), p. 409-415, DOI: 10.1007/s13244-013-0249-5

Education in research: results of a survey commissioned by the research committee of the European Society of Radiology
Volume 2 (2012) Issue 6 (Dec), p.535-542, DOI: 10.1007/s13244-012-0184-x

Mission statement of the former ESR Working Group on Research Education and Training (Note: Working Group’s tasks included in Research Committee Board)

Mission Statement of the former ESR Working Group on Imaging Biobanks (Note: Working Group’s tasks included in Research Committee Board)

European Imaging Biomarkers Alliance - EIBALL

The activities of the former ESR Subcommittee on Imaging Biomarkers, ESR Working Group on Personalised Medicine and ESR-EORTC Working Group were merged into EIBALL.

Objectives

Coordination of the ESR activities concerning imaging biomarkers
Prepare an inventory of all activities and projects in the field of imaging biomarkers where the ESR is involved
The alliance should become a tool box that provides information about current projects, centres involved in clinical trials and educational activities
The operational work of the alliance should become the responsibility of EIBIR
EIBIR representative in the alliance will be responsible for reporting about European projects and calls. EIBIR, based on a survey, should establish a network of European centres of excellence (core institutions) for the implementation and clinical validation of imaging biomarkers
An Imaging Biomarker Task Force for standardisation in MRI should become active to achieve standardisation of image acquisition and analysis, implementation of quality assurance measures
Definition of possible imaging biomarkers in different human body regions; oncologic as well as non-oncologic
All ESR members of the ESR-EORTC Working Group are member of the alliance in order to create a permanent collaboration link between the two societies
Close collaboration with QIBATM (technical validation synergies) to avoid duplication of development and EORTC (biological validation) to coordinate strategies, find complementarity, and benefit from synergies
The chair of the alliance became member of QIBATM Steering Committee and QIBATM has appointed the co-chair as QIBATM representative to the alliance to enhance collaboration between both alliances.
ESMOFIR and ESMRMB will be responsible for scientific and educational activities

Composition

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Publications and Statements

Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting - a promising new approach to obtain standardized imaging biomarkers from MRI
Insights Imaging (ePub March 2015), DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0403-3

ESR statement on the stepwise development of imaging biomarkers
Volume 4 (2013) Issue 2 (Apr), p.147-152, DOI: 10.1007/s13244-013-0220-5

White paper on imaging biomarkers
Volume 1 (2010), Issue 2 (May), p.42-45, DOI: 10.1007/s13244-010-0025-8

Medical imaging in personalised medicine: a white paper of the research committee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Insights Imaging (ePub March 2015), DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0394-0

Medical imaging in personalised medicine: a white paper of the research committee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR)
Volume 2 (2011), Issue 6 (Dec), p.621-630; DOI: 10.1007/s13244-011-0125-0

Mission statement of the former ESR Subcommittee on Imaging Biomarkers (Note: former subcommittee of the ESR Research Committee)

Mission Statement of the former ESR Working Group on Personalised Medicine (Note: former working group of the ESR Research Committee)

European biobank for medical imaging

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Major step forward in establishing European biobank for medical imaging

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the Biobanking and Biomolecular Resources Research Infrastructures – European Research Infrastructure Consortium (BBMRI-ERIC) announce the beginning of an official collaboration.

The ESR and the BBMRI-ERIC signed a Memorandum of Understanding on November 11, 2015 that officially seals the beginning of a promising collaboration.

Through its European Action Plan for Medical Imaging, launched in November 2014, the ESR has drawn the attention of EU institutions and other stakeholders to the importance of integrating imaging...

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