Category: Press Release

Thyroid nodules are a common pathology having a prevalence of 19-76% when screened with ultrasound, with higher frequencies in women. Current medical methods used to assess the malignancy of a nodule consist in performing an ultrasound, followed by a Doppler ultrasound, and then a biopsy. However, unfortunately, these methods present both low specificity and low sensitivity. This insufficient effectiveness in accurately being able to diagnose thyroid tumors leads to many unclear or unnoticed cases as well as many others that...

The European Society of Radiology is proud to have been awarded the European Commission Tender ‘European co-ordinated action on improving justification of computed tomography’ (acronym: EU-JUST-CT). 

The project started on 7 April 2021 and will last until March 2024. The formal kick-off meeting with the European Commission took place yesterday, on 20 May 2021.  

The project is led by Prof. Boris Brkljacic (University of Zagreb School of Medicine, HR) and co-led by Ms. Alexandra Karoussou-Schreiner (Ministry of Health, LU) and aims to improve justification of computed...

April 16, 2021 - This week, the European School of Radiology (ESOR) held its very first online AIMS seminar hosted by Mexico. The course, which focussed exclusively on the topic of ultrasound, was run in partnership with the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging (FMRI) and the Mexican Society of Radiology (SMRI), and was supported by Bracco. With 724 attendees, the success and popularity of the seminar once again demonstrated the huge potential that online learning offers for the medical...

The EUCLID (European Study on Clinical Diagnostic Reference Levels for X-ray Medical Imaging) project, a 33-month European Commission tender project run by the European Society of Radiology which began in August 2017, has come to a successful conclusion with the publication of European Commission Radiation Protection series publication 195: European study on clinical diagnostic reference levels for X-ray medical imaging.

The concept of Diagnostic Reference Levels (DRLs) has been introduced to highlight unusually high or low patient...

Several major radiological societies have collaborated and co-published an important paper on the value contributed to healthcare by radiology, explaining also how that value may be measured, recognised and augmented. The paper was written by representatives of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), American College of Radiology (ACR), Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR), Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists (RANZCR) and International Society for Strategic Studies in Radiology...

December 2020 - This year saw three new centres awarded with certificates of excellence by the European Training Assessment Programme (ETAP 2.0) for the outstanding quality of their training programmes. Amongst the recently accredited centres is the Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, one of Europe’s largest and most well-renowned university hospitals, which was awarded a Platinum certification. Joining it were Klinikum Wilhelmshaven in Germany, which was awarded a Silver certification, and Sahlgrenska University Hospital in Sweden, which was awarded a Gold certification. ...

On November 8, tens of thousands of radiologists, radiographers and other medical professionals took part in the International Day of Radiology (IDoR). Engagement on the day was at an all-time high with people from all over the world embracing the theme, which was dedicated this year to all imaging professionals and their essential role in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to the pandemic, this year saw people marking IDoR in new and innovative ways, acknowledging the contributions of imaging to...

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is excited to be hosting the much-anticipated Children in Focus programme during the sixth ECR 2020 Highlight Week, taking place on October 20-21, 2020 on ESR Connect. The programme will make up part of a wide range of live and pre-recorded sessions related paediatric imaging and is being supported by the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR).

Children in Focus will include a live session titled ‘Medicolegal Dilemmas in Paediatric Radiology’ taking...

Monday, September 7 – Last Friday, the European School of Radiology (ESOR) hosted the first in its series of autumn GALEN courses on ESR Connect. The course, which was titled ‘MR Imaging of the Abdomen’ saw a total of 306 registered participants in attendance. This is ten times higher than the average number of attendees at ESOR’s onsite courses, representing a fantastic record and highlighting the growing potential of online educational content that the school can offer.

The CME-accredited course...

Tuesday, July 21 2020 - The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is proud to announce that ECR 2020 proved to be an outstanding success in overcoming COVID-19, attracting a record 15,265 professional delegates to its online sessions, an increase of 5% on the previous year. The online meeting saw viewers tuning in from over 130 countries across the world to participate in the society’s first ever online congress. With a vast mix of educational, scientific, interactive and industry-related content available for participants, this...