Training and reporting must factor in communication with the patient
eHealth provides unmatched opportunities to improve healthcare, but also raises questions of patient confidentiality. Sharing data must be done appropriately, to encourage patients to help…
ESOR further extends horizons of radiological education
The European School of Radiology (ESOR) has completed thirteen years in action; thirteen years of commitment to radiological education. Since ECR 2018, when I took…
Gathering perspectives on shifting paradigms: value as a basis for practice in radiology
Originally written for publication during ECR 2020 in March on the occasion of a planned Coffee & Talk session, ‘Value in radiology: in the eye…
Radiography research essential to improve patient care
The European Federation of Radiographer Societies (EFRS) has planned a thought-provoking EFRS Workshop on how to further develop radiography research within the radiography profession and…
ArabSafe promoting radiation safety in the Arab world
ArabSafe campaign overview ArabSafe is a campaign dedicated to establishing radiation safety culture and ensuring the appropriate use of radiation, in medicine, in Arabic speaking…
Benefits of time-resolved imaging in May Thurner syndrome
Correlation with degree of iliac vein compression In 1957, May and Thurner described the compression of the left common iliac vein (LCIV) by the right…
Triage tool may help to assess patients prior to MPS stress tests
Statistical comparison of triage tool with exercise MPS data in a cohort of Maltese patients Ischaemic heart disease (IHD), caused primarily by coronary artery stenosis,…
Impact of inter-rater bias on training deep neural networks with biomedical data
The problem of inter-rater bias in manual segmentation of medical images is often overlooked in the context of deep neural networks (DNNs). It leads to…
The role of fluoroscopic angiography in the development of bioengineered kidneys
The shortage of organs available for transplantation remains a global problem that will increase as life expectancy continues to rise. Whole organ perfusion decellularisation is…
Tin filtration significantly reduces effective CT dose in diagnosis of sacroiliitis
Can ultra-low-dose CT replace x-ray in the diagnosis of sacroiliitis? The rising availability of medical imaging means increased radiation exposure for some populations. Research in…