Dr. Paul Dubbins

Imaging Informatics
Will AI and WFH prove to be radiology's Scylla & Charybdis?
The twin benefits of AI and working from home (WFH) should be carefully managed to ensure that professional isolation doesn't consume us and that we aren't lost in the maelstrom of AI, writes Dr. Paul Dubbins.
September 3, 2024
Scylla And Charybdis Monsters
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Golf, gardening, and gadding about
What do radiologists do when they retire? Dr. Paul Dubbins, who played the grumpy old man in Vienna in the classic ECR video sketch, describes how he spends his time now that he's left full-time employment. He's keeping well clear of cruise ships, golf courses, and large gardens and has no plans to report chest x-rays.
January 20, 2019
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Prof. Dr. Konstantin Nikolaou, chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University of Tübingen, and chair of the ESR's AI and Digital Technologies Committee is one of the most influential voices on AI governance in European radiology.
RöKo 2026
RöKo 2026: Nikolaou on AI policy, data gaps, and a prostate cancer paradox
Many open questions remain around AI in radiology. One of Europe's leading voices tries to fill some of the blank spaces.
Frühstadiumbefunde sind nicht immer eindeutig, multidisziplinäres Urteilsvermögen ist keine Formalität.' machte die Knötchenkonferenz am Ende der Highlight-Sitzung „Wir gegen Lungenkrebs', RöKo 2026, Leipzig, deutlich.
RöKo 2026
RöKo 2026: Lungenkrebs-Screening gestartet, die Arbeit beginnt jetzt
Early-stage findings are not always straightforward, and multidisciplinary judgment is not a formality, the nodule conference at the close of the highlight session 'Us against lung cancer' made that clear. RöKo 2026, Leipzig.
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RöKo 2026: Germany's lung cancer screening is here, now the hard work starts
A graphical abstract of the study.
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FDG-PET/CT predicts outcomes in patients with HCC
'Ohne KI schaffen wir unsere Arbeit nicht mehr', sagt Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Bley, Direktor des Instituts für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie am Universitätsklinikum Würzburg.
RöKo 2026
RöKo 2026: "Wir sind Opfer unseres eigenen Erfolgs"
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RöKo 2026: Nikolaou on AI policy, data gaps, and a prostate cancer paradox
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Many open questions remain around AI in radiology. One of Europe's leading voices tries to fill some of the blank spaces.
May 26, 2026
Prof. Dr. Konstantin Nikolaou, chairman of the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology at the University of Tübingen, and chair of the ESR's AI and Digital Technologies Committee is one of the most influential voices on AI governance in European radiology.
RöKo 2026: Lungenkrebs-Screening gestartet, die Arbeit beginnt jetzt
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Sieben Jahre Vorarbeit, ein virtueller Starttermin, und ein Berg an administrativen Hürden, der noch erklommen werden muss.
May 25, 2026
Frühstadiumbefunde sind nicht immer eindeutig, multidisziplinäres Urteilsvermögen ist keine Formalität.' machte die Knötchenkonferenz am Ende der Highlight-Sitzung „Wir gegen Lungenkrebs', RöKo 2026, Leipzig, deutlich.
RöKo 2026: Germany's lung cancer screening is here, now the hard work starts
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Seven years of groundwork, a virtual start date, and a mountain of admin still to climb.
May 25, 2026
Early-stage findings are not always straightforward, and multidisciplinary judgment is not a formality, the nodule conference at the close of the highlight session 'Us against lung cancer' made that clear. RöKo 2026, Leipzig.
FDG-PET/CT predicts outcomes in patients with HCC
By Will Morton
Elevated FDG uptake was consistently associated with poorer overall survival.
May 22, 2026
A graphical abstract of the study.
RöKo 2026: "Wir sind Opfer unseres eigenen Erfolgs"
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Gegen Ende des RöKo des RöKo brachte ein Vortrag zum Zukunftsprojekt Radiologie 2035, gut besucht, Thesen verdichtet, Theorien destilliert. Die gab es zuhauf.
May 22, 2026
'Ohne KI schaffen wir unsere Arbeit nicht mehr', sagt Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Bley, Direktor des Instituts für Diagnostische und Interventionelle Radiologie am Universitätsklinikum Würzburg.
RöKo 2026: "We are victims of our own success"
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Toward the close of RöKo, a well-attended session on the future project Radiology 2035 distilled the congress's prevailing themes into a set of sharper theses and theories about the specialty's future, and there was no shortage of them.
May 22, 2026
'Without AI, we can no longer manage our workload,' says Univ.-Prof. Dr. med. Thorsten Bley, Director of the Institute for Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Würzburg University Hospital.
Radiomics model grades hand osteoarthritis on x-rays
By Will Morton
Hand osteoarthritis affects approximately 8% of men and 16% of women over the age of 50.
May 21, 2026
Overlap between manual (radiologist) and semiautomatic (algorithm) segmentations of hand joints on a standard posteroanterior radiograph. Orange overlay indicates manual radiologist segmentations, blue overlay shows algorithm segmentations, and green overlay indicates consistent regions between both methods.
AI model predicts 10-year breast cancer risk
By Amerigo Allegretto
A mammography-based AI model showed strong performance in predicting 10-year breast cancer risk over clinical and other AI models.
May 20, 2026
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VIDEO RöKo 2026: Frank Wacker über die wachsende Bedeutung der IR
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
Interventionelle Radiologie könnte in einem Gesundheitssystem unter finanziellem Druck zunehmend wichtiger werden. Und warum es Deutschland immer noch schwer fällt, minimalinvasive Eingriffe in den ambulanten Bereich zu verlagern, erläutert Professor Frank K. Wacker in einem Videointerview beim RöKo 2026 in Leipzig.
May 20, 2026
Professor Frank K. Wacker, Direktor der Radiologie an der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, DeGIR-Präsident und gewählter DRG-Präsident, am DeGIR Campus beim 107. Deutschen Röntgenkongress in Leipzig.
VIDEO RöKo 2026: Frank Wacker on why IR is stuck in the basement and what comes next
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
At RöKo 2026 in Leipzig, Professor Frank K. Wacker spoke about why interventional radiology could become increasingly important in a healthcare system under financial pressure and why Germany still struggles to move minimally invasive procedures into the outpatient setting.
May 20, 2026
Professor Frank K. Wacker, Director of Radiology at Hannover Medical School, DeGIR President, and DRG President-elect, at the DeGIR Campus at the 107th German Radiology Congress in Leipzig.
AI devices vary widely in lung cancer detection
By Will Morton
Three devices helped detect more cancerous tumors, whereas the other four devices helped detect fewer tumors.
May 19, 2026
Cropped secondary capture examples. These are illustrative and not intended to imply superiority or inferiority of any device. (A) Posteroanterior radiograph in a 46-year-old female patient. The device correctly identified a right lower lobe nodule projected below the right hemidiaphragm and hilar lymphadenopathy. (B) Posteroanterior radiograph in an 86-year-old female patient with a classic Golden S sign highly suggestive of cancer. Three devices did not identify any findings. (C) The output from one device for the same radiograph as in B. The device placed a contour around the area of abnormality but mislabeled it as segmental collapse, and there are no other elements in the output to raise suspicion of cancer. (D) Posteroanterior radiograph in a 60-year-old male patient -- a case of confirmed lung cancer that was not deemed visible in retrospect. The device identified multiple false-positive abnormalities. (E) Posteroanterior radiograph in a 77-year-old female patient with two right lower lobe nodules. The device mislabeled the abnormality as infection -- a diagnostic term that could incorrectly influence clinical management. (F) Posteroanterior radiograph in a 77-year-old female patient with a right hilar tumor. Most of the lungs have been labeled by the device, with excessive overlap of the abnormality that pragmatically represents an incorrect result. All annotations shown were produced by the devices. LL = lung lesion, LO = lung opacity, PO = pleural other, TBC = tuberculosis.
VIDEO RöKo 2026: Nicolle Becke Franco gibt der Radiologie eine Stimme
By Claudia Tschabuschnig
RöKo 2026 hat Grenzen zwischen Disziplinen eingerissen, Nicolle Becke Franco hat ihnen eine Stimme gegeben.
May 19, 2026
Rollenwechsel: Nicolle Becke Franco, Gastgeberin von Inside Imaging – Powered by Bayer, diesmal selbst vor dem Mikro – beim 107. Deutschen Röntgenkongress in Leipzig.
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