The European Coordination Committee of the Radiological, Electromedical, and Healthcare IT Industry (COCIR) has launched a new version of its pan-European Code of Conduct.
The revised code contains additional guidance in a number of new areas to address interactions between medical technology companies and healthcare professionals, COCIR said. The new rules also relate to topics such as public procurement of medical technology, industry support of third-party conferences, the provision of educational grants, and interactions with independent third parties such as agents, distributors, and consultants.
In addition, existing guidance has been clarified or strengthened, including topics such as gifts, hospitality, and demonstration and evaluation of equipment, COCIR said.
The new code becomes effective on 1 January 2015. Until then, the current COCIR code -- including supporting materials that are already published on the COCIR website -- remains in full force and effect.
![Overview of the study design. (A) The fully automated deep learning framework was developed to estimate body composition (BC) (defined as subcutaneous adipose tissue [SAT] in liters; visceral adipose tissue [VAT] in liters; skeletal muscle [SM] in liters; SM fat fraction [SMFF] as a percentage; and intramuscular adipose tissue [IMAT] in deciliters) from MRI. The fully automated framework comprised one model (model 1) to quantify different BC measures (SAT, VAT, SM, SMFF, and IMAT) as three-dimensional (3D) measures from whole-body MRI scans. The second model (model 2) was trained to identify standardized anatomic landmarks along the craniocaudal body axis (z coordinate field), which allowed for subdividing the whole-body measures into different subregions typically examined on clinical routine MRI scans (chest, abdomen, and pelvis). (B) BC was quantified from whole-body MRI in over 66,000 individuals from two large population-based cohort studies, the UK Biobank (UKB) (36,317 individuals) and the German National Cohort (NAKO) (30,291 individuals). Bar graphs show age distribution by sex and cohort. BMI = body mass index. (C) After the performance assessment of the fully automated framework, the change in BC measures, distributions, and profiles across age decades were investigated. Age-, sex-, and height-adjusted body composition reference curves were calculated and made publicly available in a web-based z-score calculator (https://circ-ml.github.io).](https://img.auntminnieeurope.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/05/body-comp.XgAjTfPj1W.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
