Week in Review: RöKo 2026 preview | Cancer screening in transgender patients | AI and emergency radiology

Dear AuntMinnieEurope member, 

RöKo 2026, the 107^th German Congress of Radiology, begins in just a few weeks in Leipzig. This year’s theme is “Radiology without borders” and in a video interview, Prof. Dr. Saif Afat and Dr. Daniel Pinto dos Santos offered a preview of what attendees can expect from this year’s congress, which will be held from 13 to 15 May at the Congress Center Leipzig. 

Our second most highly-read story this week covered a session at ECR 2026 on cancer screening in transgender patients. In another popular session at ECR 2026, French experts discussed their experience with utilizing AI algorithms in emergency departments.  

How are AI and robotics currently being utilized in radiology? Our report provides an update. Another featured article shares how CT lung findings can best be characterized after radiation therapy.  

See below for our other top stories from the week. 

Erik L. Ridley
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com   

1. Video: RöKo 2026 presidents aim to push radiology beyond the reading room 

2. Cancer screening in transgender patients should follow anatomy, not gender marker alone 

3. AI tools will speed up emergency diagnosis, but must be tested 

4. From workflow to ablation: where AI and robotics are quietly landing in IR 

5. How best to characterize CT lung findings after radiation therapy 

6. GPT-4o matches experienced radiologists for follow-up imaging recs 

7. GAE benefits may just be ‘placebo effect’ 

8. IR still trains radiation safety like it’s 2010: A new guideline wants to change that 

9. How interventional radiology is making radiation visible 

10. TAG1, NRG Pallas to advance Pb-212 supply for cancer therapies 

11. Sectra signs £15.6M contract with 6 NHS trusts 

12. Image Information Systems releases iQ-Web 8.0 PACS software update