Erik L. Ridley

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Week in Review: Challenges for theranostics | Learning from mistakes in radiology | PET/CT and breast tumors
This week's issue features developments in theranostics and the importance of learning from mistakes.
June 25, 2026
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Week in Review: The third imaging window | Resiliency, not isolation | Pediatric MRI in Germany
The patient experience during MRI exams and a German pediatric MRI initiative were among the featured stories this week on AuntMinnie Europe.
June 19, 2026
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Week in Review: Tattoos and imaging | NHS imaging delays | The great AI debate
Our featured coverage this week included reporting from UKIO 2026.
June 12, 2026
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Week in Review: AI misleading radiologists | SERAM 2026 coverage | New SPECT/CT tracer
Our coverage of SERAM 2026 and SNMMI 2026 was popular on AuntMinnie Europe this week.
June 5, 2026
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Week in Review: Recognition for radiology | Lung cancer screening in Germany | Cost of outsourcing in U.K.
The challenges facing radiology and an update on Germany's national lung cancer screening program were the featured topics on AuntMinnie Europe this week.
May 28, 2026
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Week in Review: More from RöKo 2026 | AI and breast cancer risk prediction | Lung cancer detection
Continuing coverage of RöKo 2026 and AI software performance were among the top topics this week on AuntMinnieEurope.com.
May 21, 2026
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Week in Review: RöKo 2026 coverage | Imaging reimbursement cuts in France | AI for lung cancer screening
Our coverage of RöKo 2026 and developments in the battle over imaging reimbursement cuts in France attracted the most interest this week on AuntMinnieEurope.
May 14, 2026
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Research finds capability gaps in commercially available lung nodule analysis software.
May 11, 2026
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Week in Review: Lung cancer screening in Germany | Common mammography errors | Upright radiotherapy
Implementation of lung cancer screening in Germany and mammography positioning were popular topics on AuntMinnie Europe last week.
May 7, 2026
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Week in Review: Making radiology AI work | Radiography-led interventional techniques | Gynecologic IR
Radiology AI implementation issues and interventional radiology topics were of most interest to AuntMinnieEurope members this week.
April 30, 2026
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The 2025 census report from the Royal College of Radiologists highlights the challenges facing services across the UK.
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U.K. radiologist staffing lags EU peers, RCR census shows
A growing shortage of radiologists, surging imaging demand, and mounting reliance on costly temporary staffing are placing increasing pressure on U.K. imaging services, according to the Royal College of Radiologists' latest workforce census
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PET/CT could improve margin assessment for breast tumors
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One conference, three lessons
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Single-fraction SBRT a valid option for localized prostate cancer
'We are no longer preparing for crises. We are actively navigating an era of permanent, overlapping disruptions, the convergence of rapid climate change, demographic shifts, systemic economic uncertainty, and a critical healthcare workforce means that traditional boundaries of healthcare are obsolete,' says Pavlos Theodorakis, senior health policy advisor at the WHO European Office.
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WHO: Europe's healthcare systems face "permacrisis"
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U.K. radiologist staffing lags EU peers, RCR census shows
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
A growing shortage of radiologists, surging imaging demand, and mounting reliance on costly temporary staffing are placing increasing pressure on U.K. imaging services, according to the Royal College of Radiologists' latest workforce census
June 25, 2026
The 2025 census report from the Royal College of Radiologists highlights the challenges facing services across the UK.
PET/CT could improve margin assessment for breast tumors
By Amerigo Allegretto
Specimen PET/CT imaging outperforms routine intraoperative margin assessment in breast tumors.
June 19, 2026
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One conference, three lessons
By Dr. Giles Maskell
Sharing mistakes can be an important learning experience for radiologists, according to a new column from Dr. Giles Maskell.
June 18, 2026
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Single-fraction SBRT a valid option for localized prostate cancer
By Will Morton
Estimated three-year biochemical relapse-free survival was 92.9%.
June 18, 2026
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WHO: Europe's healthcare systems face "permacrisis"
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Overlapping shortages, an aging population, and a workforce "voting with its feet" -- "permacrisis," that's how WHO Europe described the state of healthcare on the continent at the inaugural UEMS Congress in Leuven.
June 18, 2026
'We are no longer preparing for crises. We are actively navigating an era of permanent, overlapping disruptions, the convergence of rapid climate change, demographic shifts, systemic economic uncertainty, and a critical healthcare workforce means that traditional boundaries of healthcare are obsolete,' says Pavlos Theodorakis, senior health policy advisor at the WHO European Office.
German MRI concept aims to transform pediatric imaging
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Why pediatric MRI still means anesthesia for too many children and how the field is trying to change that.
June 17, 2026
As part of the KidsMRI project, children are to be introduced to the examination using age-appropriate training and support concepts, with the aim of enabling MRI scans to be performed more often without anesthesia in the future.
Video: Dr. Alba Pugliesi on what keeps her dreams big
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
In a video interview, radiologist Dr. Rosa Alba Pugliesi shares how limits are only in your head.
June 16, 2026
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UEMS: Ukraine health leaders: Resiliency should never mean isolation
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Bomb shelters, blackouts, and exceptional growth: some of Ukraine's leading voices in healthcare spoke at the UEMS Congress to argue that a wartime healthcare system isn't just a cause for solidarity, but a working model Europe will need.
June 15, 2026
Firefighters in Kyiv inspect a damaged building after an attack, illustrating the destruction wrought by the war.
MRI: The third imaging 'window' happens after the exam
By Giuseppe Scappatura
Why the two minutes after a scan may be the most clinically important -- and the least automatable -- part of what radiographers do.
June 15, 2026
Giuseppe Scappatura of the Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Bianchi Melacrino Morelli in Reggio Calabria, Italy.
One tool, many rulebooks: How the world is and isn't regulating medical AI
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
AI is reshaping radiology faster than regulators can keep up. From Brussels to Dubai to Seoul, most are still writing their own rules.
June 12, 2026
Hospitals across Europe, here in Katowice, Poland, are deploying AI tools in clinical workflows, but the regulatory infrastructure to oversee them is still catching up.
Experts propose new MRI standards for prostate cancer screening
By Kate Madden Yee
The guidance is intended to provide consensus on the acquisition, interpretation, and reporting of prostate MRI.
June 11, 2026
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Early FAPI-PET scans match 60-minute scans for lung cancer staging
By Will Morton
By convention, most molecular imaging tracers such as F-18 FDG are injected one hour prior to PET scans to allow time for uptake of the tracer by tumors.
June 10, 2026
PET/CT images performed at 10- and 60-minutes following injection of Ga-68 FAPI-46 (mean 181 MBq; range 143–225 MBq).
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