Dear AuntMinnieEurope Interventional Radiology Insider,
Interventional radiology is changing in places that used to be treated as background noise. Radiation safety is one of them. What once passed for an annual checkbox is starting to look more like a live, teamwide discipline.
At ECR 2026 in Vienna, a live virtual-reality demonstration showed IR staff in real time how small choices change dose and AI-assisted workflow tools and robotic systems are advancing step by step, changing how procedures are planned and performed. Around the same time, a new joint CIRSE/SIR guideline, the first major update in 16 years, pushed radiation protection toward a more structured, continuous model.
A New England Journal of Medicine trial also confirmed angiography-based FFR as noninferior to pressure-wire assessment.
Other findings stood out: Researchers in Salzburg reported that neurointerventional procedures generate an average of 6.7 kg of solid waste per case. And a U.K. study also found that microwave ablation is safe for lung tumors located close to the heart.
We hope you find this edition useful. Please visit our Interventional Radiology section for full coverage.
Claudia Tschabuschnig
Associate Editor
AuntMinnieEurope.com
