Category: Press Release

The European Society of Radiology (ESR), represented by its President, Prof. Boris Brkljacic, participated in a series of successful meetings and events on the 10^th of December in Brussels to strengthen the position of medical imaging on the European Union (EU) health policy agenda.

In the afternoon, the ESR participated in the event entitled “Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan – Better access to cancer care in Europe?” hosted by EU40, a group of young Members of the European Parliament under...

December 2019 - A group of prominent European and North American members of the radiological community have collaborated to produce an important publication on the status of women in the field of radiology, highlighting positive developments as well as areas where greater progress is needed.

Published in European Radiology, the special report, ‘Women in Radiology: Gender diversity is not a metric – it is a tool for excellence’, reviews the current state of gender diversity in academic and...

Thursday, November 28, 2019 - The outcomes of the multicentre DENSE trial on breast cancer, which was conducted in The Netherlands and first presented at the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2019, has now been published in The New England Journal of Medicine. Presented by Prof. Carla H. van Gils at an ECR Clinical Trials in Radiology (CTiR) session, the results provide practical insights into the use of supplemental magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in screening for breast cancer, and...

The second Conference on Hybrid Imaging Live (CHILI 2.0), which took place on October 25, saw an increase in the number of people tuning in for the virtual meeting in comparison to last year’s debut meeting. A total of 4,064 people registered for CHILI 2.0 compared to 3,515 last year, representing an increase of 16 percent.

The conference, which was organised by the European Society of Hybrid, Molecular and Translational Imaging (ESHI^MT) and the European Society of Radiology...

Brussels, 6 November 2019 – Under the auspices of the Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Claudia Gamon, the European Society of Radiology (ESR), the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and Lung Cancer Europe (LuCE) have joined forces to organise an event at the European Parliament and publish a factsheet that aims to raise awareness of lung cancer and the need for increased visibility of the disease in European Union (EU) policies.

As November is lung cancer awareness month, and with...

Vienna, Austria – November 5, 2019 - The European Society of Radiology (ESR) and GE Healthcare have announced the renewal of their partnership for the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR) on March 11-15, 2020 in Vienna, Austria. The partnership includes joint sessions and a 1,050m² booth.
 
Following a former partnership in 2019 around Artificial Intelligence, this year the ESR/GE Healthcare collaboration expands into many diverse fields in radiology. Under the theme ‘Opening a World of Possibilities’,...

The European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR) will once again be holding an examination during the European Congress of Radiology, with all places for the exam already sold. This event joins a list of exciting developments that have occurred since ECR 2019, with the examination having recently seen product launches and new agreements with national radiology societies.

The EDiR has toured the world this year, with examinations having taken place in a range of countries including India, Turkey, Spain, Austria, Sweden,...

Vienna, October 29, 2019 (ESR) – To mark the International Day of Radiology (IDoR) 2019, the European Society of Radiology is publishing its biggest ever IDoR book, Imaging of Motion & Performance. Stress & Strain, focusing on sports imaging and the wider field of musculoskeletal (MSK) radiology.

Sports imaging, an emerging sub-field of musculoskeletal radiology that plays a crucial role in the diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of sports injuries, is the exciting theme of this year’s IDoR. As in...

The Brazilian College of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging Annual Meeting (CBR 2019 played host to a brand new initiative by the European Society of Radiology, the Best of ECR. The ‘Best of ECR’ saw ten speakers presenting their outstanding ECR lectures at CBR 2019, which took place from October 10-12.

The programme was made up of a total of six scientific sessions, integrated seamlessly into the main CBR programme. These sessions featured state-of-the-art talks on AI, Chest, MSK, GI/GU...

Friday, October 18, 2019 (ESR, Vienna) – Abstract submission for the next European Congress of Radiology closed on October 15, with a record of 9,085 submitted abstracts. This is the first time in the history of the congress that over 9,000 abstracts have been received, beating last year’s record of 8,788 abstracts.

This year, abstracts were submitted by a hugely diverse, international array of submitters from 104 different countries. This, along with the varied range of different professions which submitters represent, confirms ECR's position as...