Missed ECR 2019? Relive it now and register FREE OF CHARGE for ECR Online to browse through thousands of lectures from our past congress.

Click here to see whose scientific paper presentations were deemed the best at ECR 2019 and to view the 'Cases of the Day Quiz Winners'.

Watch the session, 'Current status and future challenges in MR-integrated radiotherapy', co-chaired by both society presidents, Professor Lorenzo Derchi (European Society of Radiology) and Professor Umberto Ricardi (European Society for Radiotherapy & Oncology), free of charge here.
It will also be repeated during the upcoming ESTRO 38 Congress in Milan, Italy on April 29.
Be sure not to miss it and to visit the ESR Booth!

Check out the ECR 2020 timeline so you don’t miss any important deadlines in preparation for the congress which will take place from March 11 – 15 in Vienna, Austria. 

With more than 5,800 registrations from 140 countries for live streaming and 230 attendees onsite, the ESR’s event, ‘Intelligence. Innovation. Imaging – The perfect vision of AI’, highlighted the importance that artificial intelligence (AI) is playing for radiologists around the world.
The event, which took place in Barcelona on April 5 – 6 in close cooperation with the European School of Radiology, will be available for on-demand viewing soon.

Read more. 

Eurorad, the largest peer-reviewed database for radiological case reports, celebrates its 20th anniversary with a brand-new website that now includes a fast and efficient search engine, Editors Selection of cases, teaching cases with quiz questions, and much more!
Visit the new website here and submit your case report here.

European Radiology
The flagship journal of the ESR warmly welcomes Martin J. Willemink (Stanford, US) and Daniel Pinto dos Santos (Cologne, DE) who joined the Editorial Team in their roles as Junior Deputy Editors earlier this year!
Read more about European Radiology here.

Insights into Imaging
Click here to read all articles published in our gold open access journal Insights into Imaging. Among its latest highlights are the first joint publication on patient safety between the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and the European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) and the article ‘What the radiologist should know about artificial intelligence – an ESR white paper’.

European Radiology Experimental
The youngest member of the ESR Journals Family has seen an increase in submissions month after month. Become part of European Radiology Experimental’s story by submitting your article here or read all those that have already been published here.

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) participated, earlier this month, in a high-level roundtable on lung cancer screening in Brussels, Belgium. It was organised by the European Respiratory Society (ERS) and the European Alliance for Personalised Medicine (EAPM), and was officially endorsed by the ESR. The meeting brought together stakeholders in the fight against lung cancer and urged for the implementation of lung cancer screening programmes throughout the EU.

More details to follow shortly. 

ESOR GALEN Advanced Course on Women's Imaging, June 13 – 14, 2019; Malmö/Sweden
This course is aimed at senior residents, board-certified radiologists and fellows interested in women’s imaging, including breast and pelvic pathologies. Special focus will be given to the latest imaging techniques for the detection and characterisation of breast and gynaecologic tumours. Renowned European experts will ensure a high-quality teaching programme which combines lectures and interactive case discussions. Please click here for more information.

ESOR GALEN Advanced Course on Cardio-Thoracic Cross-Sectional Imaging, July 4 – 5, 2019; Tübingen/Germany
This course is aimed at senior residents and recently board-certified radiologists. Its purpose is to consolidate the knowledge in chest and cardiac radiology and to provide an integrated view to state-of-the-art cardio-thoracic cross-sectional imaging. The course is focused on the advanced applications of CT and MR in chest and cardiac imaging. The range of topics covers the currently most challenging areas of cardio-thoracic radiology such as management of acute chest pain patients with pulmonary infections or nodules, and the role of imaging in structural heart diseases. Please click here for more information.

The Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis Teaching Fellowship
The Nicholas Gourtsoyiannis Teaching Fellowship gives the opportunity to deliver lectures and/or undertake interactive workshops in a new environment. If you are a radiologist with clinical and academic experience, and you wish to improve your teaching and training skills, don’t miss this chance. Applications for the 2019 Fellowship are now open. For more information click here.

We are thrilled to announce that University Hospital Basel, King's College Hospital London and the Hospital Clinic of Barcelona have all graduated from the ETAP 2.0 programme with excellent results. They proved that their training departments meet the quality standards set by the ESR's European Training Curriculum. We hope many more will follow in their footsteps. Find out more about ETAP here. 

EDiR self-assessment tests
Check out our new self-assessment platform, which was designed specifically to help you prepare for the EDiR examination.
You will be able test your knowledge of abdominal, breast or other subspecialties in real time.
Each test is available for only €14.99 and you can repeat it as often as you want. You can purchase the tests here.

Upcoming EDiR exams

Do you want to certify your radiology knowledge at an international level? If so, make sure you reserve a place at the EDiR examination in Istanbul on June 14 or Barcelona on July 2 by applying through the EBR website.
Special offers are available for hospitals and heads of department who want to register their final year residents. Furthermore, candidates who were unsuccessful in 2018 or 2019 will have the opportunity to benefit from a 20% discount.
For further information, please contact the EBR Office.

This study utilizes information beyond visual stenosis from coronary CT angiography in order to determine lesion-specific ischemia through a non-invasive manner. Markers of atherosclerosis extracted from coronary CT angiography and machine learning-based CT fractional flow reserve are valuable in assessing the functional significance of coronary stenosis. (Eur Radiol)

This article summarizes the morphologic, and functional/molecular information derived from various imaging examination techniques that reflect biological tumor characteristics and spatial /temporal heterogeneity of tumors at all stages of a cancer patients’ management, highlighting the pivotal role of clinical imaging in the personalized oncologic approach of cancer patients. (Insights Imaging)

The study examines the influence of the input parameters of the ultrasound devices on the measurement of perfusion parameters in contrast-enhanced Ultrasonography of the liver and proposes optimum US input parameters - gain, dynamic range, frequency - to minimise variability and obtain a high reproducibility in the quantitative perfusion analysis. (Eur Radiol Exp)

The study investigates the clinical utility of the HRCT imaging patterns of appearance in patients with hypersensitivity pneumonitis - honeycombing, non- honeycomb fibrosis and without radiologic fibrosis - in relation to prognosis/survival and their influence in the management of the patients. (Chest)

This critical review summarises the current knowledge concerning findings, accuracy and impact on patient management of imaging techniques in the diagnosis of small bowel Crohn’s disease-associated strictures and their ability to characterise strictures in terms of inflammation and fibrosis, in relation to histopathology. (Gut)

This retrospective study in a large cohort of patients that underwent partial nephrectomy for a renal mass deals with the high prevalence of benign pathologic findings (30%) and the role of imaging examinations - especially CT only as preoperative imaging examination - in an attempt to avoid unnecessary surgical intervention. (JAMA Surg)