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ESOR Course on WOMEN’S IMAGING, June 13 – 14, 2019 (Malmö/Sweden)
Training level: senior residents, board-certified radiologists and fellows
Special focus: latest imaging techniques for the detection and characterisation of breast and gynaecologic tumours — The course will offer lectures and interactive case discussions.
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ESOR Course on MECHANICAL THROMBECTOMY, June 26 – 28, 2019 (Lille/France)
Training level: board-certified radiologists and fellows
Special focus: Mechanical thrombectomy using stentretriever in light of the increase in acute ischemic stroke patients — The course will offer lectures, hands-on workshops and interactive clinical case discussions.
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ESOR Course on CARDIO-THORACIC CROSS-SECTIONAL IMAGING, July 4-5, 2019 (Tübingen/Germany)
Training level: senior residents and recently board-certified radiologists
Special focus: advanced applications of CT and MR in chest and cardiac imaging — The course will offer lectures and interactive case discussions.
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In this study, CT texture analysis is applied on the pretreatment examinations of patients with metastatic malignant melanoma treated with pembrolizumab. It suggests that texture analysis–derived tumor skewness may be a predictive biomarker of overall survival and progression-free survival in these patients. (Eur Radiol)

This pictorial review illustrates the spectrum of MR imaging findings in traumatic, infectious and neoplastic disorders involving the fasciae of the musculoskeletal system, and presents recommendations to capture these abnormalities on MRI. (Insights Imaging)

In this study, a data-driven machine learning approach for a computer-aided segmentation and diagnosis (CAD) system is proposed for the segmentation and classification of breast lesions captured by multiparametric PET/MRI. (Eur Radiol Exp)

The ESR spoke with Professor Elmar Kotter (Medical Center – University of Freiburg) to discuss the complementary relationship between radiologists and artificial intelligence (AI), the various AI-related challenges that have arisen in this field, and what this means for the future of radiology. Read this interview, and more, on the ESR’s AI blog here. 

This multicenter, randomised, placebo-controlled trial shows that the use of intravenous thrombolysis between 4.5 and 9.0 hours after stroke onset - with ischemic, but not yet infarcted, brain tissue on perfusion imaging - resulted in a higher percentage of patients with no or only minor neurological deficits than those given the placebo. (N Engl J Med)

Percutaneous ablation and partial nephrectomy (PN) for the treatment of localised (cT1) renal masses are compared in terms of local recurrence, development of metastases and cancer-specific survival in a large cohort of patients and for a long follow-up. It concludes that clinically-relevant differences between PN and ablation are unlikely. Read more here. (Eur Urol)