Our online registration tool for ECR 2018 is now open! Be among the first to register and benefit from the reduced early fee. Find more information here!

Start planning your congress! Lots of information about the ECR 2018 Scientific Programme is now online, including our Interactive Programme Planner packed with details of courses, sessions, workshops and symposia taking place in Vienna in March.

The ESR is sad to report that Prof. Fridon Todua, the president of the Georgian Association of Radiologists (GAR) passed away on October 7, at the age of 73. Prof. Todua became president of the GAR in 1997, remaining in the position for a remarkable two decades, and he was the GAR’s long-standing delegate to the ESR National Societies Committee. His contribution to radiology in Georgia was tremendous and he will be greatly missed by his many colleagues and friends throughout the discipline. 

The European Radiology Private Foundation announces the application period of the ESR Albert L. Baert Editorial Fellowship in 2018. This editorial fellowship programme aims to provide training in editorial skills, such as manuscript evaluation, manuscript editing, organisation of peer review, manuscript production and publishing, including electronic publication.

The fellow will be selected each year and will be announced by the editor-in-chief of European Radiology at its editorial board meeting, held during the annual European Congress of Radiology. Find more information here. 

Insights into Imaging is the ESR’s gold open access journal dedicated to original articles, reviews, opinions and statements from leading European radiological societies. Take a look at the I3 website and read all its articles here.

Keep in mind that for ESR Members, Article Processing Charges for accepted articles in Insights into Imaging and European Radiology Experimental are covered.

Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom is laying down basic safety standards against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation. It introduces and changes a number of requirements that affect healthcare professionals in radiology. Read more here.
EuroSafe Imaging is providing guidance and practical tools to support the implementation of the BSS Directive, e.g. ESR Clinical Audit Tool and ESR iGuide. 

The ESR and EuroSafe Imaging are pleased to announce another free webinar organised together with the IAEA. It is scheduled for November 2, 2017, at 15:00 (CET).
Don’t miss this opportunity to learn more about Clinical Decision Support! Find out more here.

The ESR is leading a thematic network on medical training and continuing professional development in the EU Health Policy Platform. We welcome comments on the draft joint statement from interested individuals, and encourage organisations to endorse our joint statement! Read more.

An IAEA regional workshop on Justification and the Appropriate Use of Imaging, hosted by ESR 2nd Vice-President Prof. Boris Brkljačić and co-organised by the ESR, will be held in Zagreb, Croatia, from October 26-28. Read more on the workshop here.

In July 2017, the Accreditation Council in Imaging (ACI) conducted the survey ‘Accreditation Systems in Europe’. The results provide relevant data on the different accreditation systems across Europe and reveal certain preferences of the European radiological community regarding Continuing Medical Education (CME). Click here to read the full report.

The working group on Value-Based Imaging of the European Society of Radiology was created to establish a holistic value-based radiology programme which would aid European radiologists in dealing with changes in the evolution from volume- to value-based evaluation of radiological activities. Read more about its concept paper and join the discussion on value-based radiology here. (Insights Imaging)