The European School of Radiology (ESOR) has released details of its courses for the autumn. Also, ESOR is promoting an educational exchange in Latin America.
The course topics include cardiothoracic imaging, the imaging hallmarks of cancer, a multidisciplinary approach to cancer imaging, and body imaging biomarkers.
ESOR also reintroduced foundation courses to prepare and assist those entering examinations for the European Diploma in Radiology (EDiR). Three cycles of courses at different times a year are organized at the European Society of Radiology (ESR) Learning Center in Vienna.
In other news, ESOR is poised to step up its presence in Latin America in 2017, as part of the ESR's wider mission to promote education and increase engagement with the region's radiological community.
Next year will see an intensified presence of well-established activities in Latin America, such as the fifth edition of the ESOR AIMS Mexico Program, organized in partnership with the Sociedad Mexicana de Radiología e Imagen and the Federación Mexicana de Radiología e Imagen. The two seminars, Imaging in Thoracic and Abdominal Non-Traumatic Emergencies, will be held on 26 April in Mexico City and 28 April in Puebla.
Additionally, the Colegio Interamericano de Radiología (CIR) and the ESR have combined efforts to organize the Joint CIR-ESR/ESOR Course on MR Imaging from Head to Toe, taking place in Cancún on 8-10 June.
The ESOR visiting professorship program Colombia will take place for the third time next year and is being organized in partnership with the Asociación Colombiana de Radiología. Two courses will be organized, one as a precongress course to the national radiological congress in Cartagena, Colombia, on 2 August and the second course will take place in Bogotá at the ESR office Latin America on 6 August.
The program will be expanded in 2017 to include a first-time initiative in collaboration with the Sociedad Argentina de Radiología and the Federación Argentina de Asociaciones de Radiología, Diagnóstico por Imágenes y Terapia Radiante. The ESOR visiting professorship program Argentina on Abdominal Imaging will take place in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 3-4 November 2017.
For more information, visit the ESOR website.
![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnieeurope.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&fit=crop&h=100&q=70&w=100)
![Examples of ultrasound findings and techniques. (A) Images in a 39-year-old male patient with a mass in the left thigh. The mass is heterogeneous on the B-mode US image (compared with the patient in D) and showed increased microvascularity (superb microvascular imaging [SMI]) and shear-wave elastography (SWE) values. Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy (with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in surgical specimen). (B) Images in an 18-year-old male patient with a mass in the left leg. The mass is hypoechoic on the B-mode image, with no other findings suggestive of malignancy. The lesion is in contact with the cortex of the tibia, which is slightly irregular. CT revealed a doubtful anteromedial tibial erosion. The microvascular study demonstrated high vascularization, suggestive of malignancy. Periosteal Ewing sarcoma was diagnosed with both histologic and immunohistochemical confirmation. (C) Images in a 69-year-old female patient with a lump growing on the outside of the left leg. Multiple SWE examinations were performed (please note the high values obtained in the measurements, whereas the color map highlights the stiffness relative to adjacent tissues). SMI showed areas of increased vascularization to target for sampling. Undifferentiated spindle cell sarcoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with residual leiomyosarcoma in the surgical specimen after neoadjuvant therapy. (D) Images in a 56-year-old female patient with a mass in the right thigh. The mass is heterogeneous at both B-mode ultrasound (similar to patient A) and MRI (coronal T2-weighted spectral attenuated inversion recovery [SPAIR]; T1-weighted pre-contrast and postcontrast imaging), which even shows uptake after the administration of paramagnetic contrast material, which is traditionally suggestive of malignancy. Low values at SMI and elastography are suggestive of benignity. Spindle cell lipoma was diagnosed at biopsy, with atypical spindle cell lipomatous tumor in the surgical specimen.](https://img.auntminnieeurope.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/08/images-radiol250278fig2.APCFLSvX6p.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
