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The great AI debate: Expensive failure or vital prerequisite?
The spotlight fell brightly on AI at Tuesday's plenary session at the U.K. Imaging and Oncology Congress. The global expert panel scrutinized the current status of AI and the challenges ahead.
June 10, 2026
Think more deeply about the structural, procedural, or operational bottlenecks stacking on top of one another, Dr. Rizwan Malik told UKIO delegates.
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What's the optimum approach for B3 breast lesions?
Certain B3 lesion types should be screened more often, researchers from a top London hospital have asserted at the U.K. Imaging and Oncology Congress (UKIO).
June 9, 2026
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Tattoo pigments can have significant impact on imaging
Tattoos can appear as shadows or artifacts on an x-ray, causing confusion during interpretation. Research presented at the U.K. Imaging and Oncology congress has provided new data on which tattoo inks have the greatest impact.
June 8, 2026
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Editor's Note
Week in Review: 15 years of top stories | Residents outperform AI | ECR 2026 looms large
The golden rules of radiology, AI’s growing impact, MRI safety, imaging of pumpkins, life in the time of COVID, and the war in Ukraine feature on our list of top stories for the past 15 years.
February 27, 2026
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15 years of top stories: Which are the standouts?
To mark the 15th anniversary of AuntMinnieEurope and the retirement of Editor-in-Chief Philip Ward, we present a list of the 15 all-time favorite articles.
February 23, 2026
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Week in Review: New workforce data | Bad teleradiology reports | Dual PET advances
Radiology isn't alone in facing a workforce crisis; nuclear medicine has major problems too, a new survey by the European Association of Nuclear Medicine has underlined.
February 20, 2026
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Dual PET imaging, or dual-tracer PET, has significant advantages over CT and MRI in providing essential prognostic and predictive information, and it can play a key role in guiding treatment decisions.
February 19, 2026
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Week in Review: 7-day tribunal ends | New data on structured reports | Imaging of young athletes
Did the punishment fit the crime? That question appears to remain unanswered when an unusually long U.K. tribunal involving a senior radiologist drew to a close.
February 13, 2026
Medical, Legal, and Practice
Radiologist outrages public decency
A tribunal has issued a six-month suspension to a consultant clinical radiologist from a top U.K. cancer hospital who committed sex acts repeatedly in full view of other passengers during an hour-long train journey.
February 10, 2026
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Week in Review: Pelvic floor dysfunction | Inquest into patient death | Imaging of dense breasts
Pelvic floor dysfunction is extremely common, but who exactly can imaging assist? An Italian research group has shared its experiences and clinical cases.
February 6, 2026
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Photo illustrating eco-responsibility, a theme that the SFR continues to champion at the JFR. The photograph shows a paper flower made by a patient (www.poeticmood.fr) who will be running craft workshops at the Patient Associations’ Village during JFR 2026. Participants will be invited to create their own JFR 2026 flower and take it home.
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Les patients d’abord! Patients first at this year’s JFR meeting
JFR president Prof. Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara discusses the importance of the human radiologist for patients, a key theme at this year’s congress.
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Nuclear Medicine
IAEA Scientific Forum: Can automated planning shorten radiotherapy waits?
From left: moderator Christine Mhundwa with Dr. Claudio Tinoco Mesquita, Dr. Ariel Fariña Barrios, Dr. Dina Husseiny Salama, Dr. Umesh Mahantshetty, Dr. Ellen Kampman and Dr. Alejandro Mazal.
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Radiation medicine aims to tackle cancer care inequalities in low-income countries
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IAEA Scientific Forum: Where you live should not determine access to cancer care
Gonnie van Erp: “We still see interobserver differences in margin assessment.”
Interventional
CIRSE: Studies link ablation margins to liver tumor control
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Les patients d’abord! Patients first at this year’s JFR meeting
By Frances Rylands-Monk
JFR president Prof. Isabelle Thomassin-Naggara discusses the importance of the human radiologist for patients, a key theme at this year’s congress.
September 18, 2026
Photo illustrating eco-responsibility, a theme that the SFR continues to champion at the JFR. The photograph shows a paper flower made by a patient (www.poeticmood.fr) who will be running craft workshops at the Patient Associations’ Village during JFR 2026. Participants will be invited to create their own JFR 2026 flower and take it home.
IAEA Scientific Forum: Can automated planning shorten radiotherapy waits?
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Research promising one-second treatment planning prompted discussion of workforce shortages and delays in cancer care at the IAEA Scientific Forum in Vienna.
September 17, 2026
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Radiation medicine aims to tackle cancer care inequalities in low-income countries
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Health experts discussed challenges facing cancer care in low income countries, the potential of theranostics as well as AI, covering various topics to bridge global health disparities at the IAEA Scientific Forum in Vienna.
September 16, 2026
From left: moderator Christine Mhundwa with Dr. Claudio Tinoco Mesquita, Dr. Ariel Fariña Barrios, Dr. Dina Husseiny Salama, Dr. Umesh Mahantshetty, Dr. Ellen Kampman and Dr. Alejandro Mazal.
IAEA Scientific Forum: Where you live should not determine access to cancer care
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
At the IAEA Scientific Forum in Vienna, politicians, health policymakers, ministers, and physicians came with a bunch of numbers on the stark differences in access to radiotherapy, nuclear medicine, and medical imaging, especially in low and middle income countries.
September 15, 2026
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CIRSE: Studies link ablation margins to liver tumor control
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Two studies presented at CIRSE 2026 linked adequate ablation margins to better liver tumor control. Measuring those margins consistently remains a challenge.
September 14, 2026
Gonnie van Erp: “We still see interobserver differences in margin assessment.”
ESHNR 2026 spotlights salivary gland perfusion and neck cyst origins
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
The society honoured Tim Beale and supported the next generation of radiologists at ESHNR 2026 in Budapest.
September 14, 2026
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From the reading room to the front line and back to the saddle
By Oleksandr Berezovskyi
A radiologist's ride from Ukraine to Berlin.
September 11, 2026
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Radical radiotherapy use rising for treating lung cancer
By Amerigo Allegretto
Radical radiotherapy use nearly doubled between 2010 and 2021 in lung cancer patients and correlates to improved five-year outcomes.
September 10, 2026
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CIRSE: Should drug-coated devices remain routine in leg artery treatment?
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Could SWEDEPAD, two Swedish trials comparing drug-coated and uncoated devices for leg artery treatment, change practice? CIRSE experts debated patient benefits and long-term safety.
September 10, 2026
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CIRSE’s ‘Amazing Interventions’ go beyond conventional routes
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
From creating new biliary pathways to targeting elusive lymphatic leaks, specialists at CIRSE 2026 shared inventive interventions for patients with few remaining options.
September 9, 2026
Endovascular splenorenal shunt in chronic portal vein thrombosis presented by Dr. Carolin Sobotta University Medicine Goettingen Goettingen, Germany
ESHNR heads to Budapest with dental imaging, cancer updates and AI on the agenda
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
From dental MRI to imaging after cancer treatment, ESHNR 2026 brings practical challenges and emerging techniques to Budapest on September 10–12. Here’s what to watch for.
September 9, 2026
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CIRSE: Patient selection drives local treatment of lung tumours
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Billed as a controversy session, a discussion of local treatments for lung tumors at CIRSE 2026 highlighted common ground: patient selection, lung preservation, and the complementary roles of radiotherapy and ablation.
September 8, 2026
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