Frances Rylands-Monk[email protected]Clinical NewsUnder siege: French cyberattack causes serious disruptionA ransomware attack on a hospital near Paris is continuing to have a severe impact on all departments' IT systems and web access, particularly imaging. The incident highlights the vulnerability of radiology services to cybercrime and the need for more rigorous cybersecurity measures.September 12, 2022Clinical NewsECR: ESR 2nd VP Andrea Rockall mulls topics close to her heartSustainable radiology, clinical audit, and patient communication -- these are three burning issues to which the European Society of Radiology's newly elected Second Vice President Dr. Andrea Rockall will lend her weight before she becomes ECR president in July 2025.September 6, 2022AIDon't resist change and risk becoming 'the dino-radiologist'It's essential not to be afraid of the second digital revolution in healthcare, where artificial intelligence and machine learning have come to dominate: Radiologists will not disappear and become extinct, as happened with the dinosaurs. That's the view of Prof. Andrea Laghi from Rome.August 10, 2022Clinical NewsNELSON lung screening protocol beats NLST for cancer detectionIn a face-off between CT lung cancer screening trials, the protocol used to analyze lung nodules in the Dutch-Belgian Randomized Lung Cancer Screening (NELSON) trial proved more sensitive than that used in the U.S. National Lung Screening Trial (NLST).August 8, 2022Clinical NewsAnalysis shows Europe-wide CT lung screening would save livesRolling out a population-based CT lung cancer screening program across Europe would prevent 18,000 premature lung cancer deaths at a cost of 937 million euros, according to a budget impact analysis presented at the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer 2022 World Conference on Lung Cancer on 7 August.August 7, 2022Clinical NewsUkrainian radiology staff killed and injured in missile attackThe owner of an imaging facility in Vinnytsia, 200 km southwest of Kyiv, has confirmed that a Russian cruise missile attack killed at least 24 civilians and wounded dozens more, including staff members.July 18, 2022Clinical NewsTribunal lifts suspension of trainee in sexual harassment caseA tribunal in Victoria, Australia, has lifted the emergency suspension of a radiology trainee imposed by the regulator, the Medical Board of Australia, after allegations of sexual misconduct. It has now imposed conditions on his registration instead, according to a report in the professional media.July 17, 2022Breast ImagingHeated debate resurfaces over breast screening’s effectivenessA known anti-mammography screening research group has reignited the controversy over breast screening by claiming the technology’s benefits have significantly decreased over time while its harms (i.e., overdiagnosis) remain unchanged. Dr. László Tabár has issued a response.June 28, 2022AICommoditization poses growing threat to radiology, Brady warnsThe commoditization of radiology endangers the capacity of the specialty to maintain its hard-won central role in patient care. This is the view of Dr. Adrian Brady, consultant radiologist at Mercy University Hospital in Cork, Ireland, and first vice president of European Society of Radiology.June 19, 2022AIAI tool shows promise in stenosis detection in vulnerable patientsA new artificial intelligence (AI) tool can accurately detect coronary CT angiography images of the arteries with significant stenoses, flagging them for priority reading by a human expert in a few seconds, a French expert has reported.June 13, 2022Previous PagePage 3 of 41Next PageTop StoriesMolecular ImagingEye movement abnormalities flag brain health risk in ex-racing driversA case series of 12 male retired professional motorsport drivers showed a high prevalence of mild neurological abnormalities.RöKo 2026Video from RöKo 2026: Beckelmann on workforce reform, leadership, and radiology supplyHomeMMA embolization cuts recurrence risk in chronic subdural hematoma, trials showMRIAI diagnostic aid helps novice MRI readers, but experts not so muchRöKo 2026RöKo 2026: Nikolaou on AI policy, data gaps, and a prostate cancer paradox
