Insights into Imaging

Featured article: Analysis of computer-aided diagnostics in the preoperative diagnosis of ovarian cancer: a systematic review

This literary review examines the available studies on the use of computer-aided diagnostics (CADs) in preoperatively predicting the chance of an ovarian malignancy. Based on the assessments, it identified that CAD certainly has potential as a noninvasive model to predict whether an ovarian tumor is benign or not, thus aiding the physician with the assessment.

ESR Journal Family uses single-blinded peer review from January 2023 onwards

Since their inception, the ESR journals have used double-blinded peer review, where reviewers were blinded to the authors’ identities and vice versa.
As of January 9, 2023, all three journals begin implementing a single-blinded peer review process, where manuscripts sent to reviewers will no longer be anonymized or blinded, but reviewers’ names will continue to be unknown to authors.

There are several reasons for this decision taken by the Editors-in-Chief. First, in light of the rapid development of pre-print archives, anonymity of authors is fading by the authors’ own decision. Second, the journals’ experience so far showed that many manuscripts cannot be fully anonymized. Having reviewers that are experts in their field also means they are often still able to, at least, presume the identity of the authors. Third, reviewers are blinded to important references from the authors, limiting the possibility to assess comprehensive literature search and correctness of citations. Finally, with the single-blindness, the check for anonymity will be skipped and the time from manuscript submission to availability to the Editors could be shortened.

The Editors-in-Chief would like to take this opportunity to thank all reviewers and authors for their great work and support of the ESR Journals.
 

Prof. Yves Menu, Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology
Prof. Luis Marti-Bonmati, Editor-in-Chief of Insights into Imaging
Prof. Francesco Sardanelli, Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology Experimental

About the Editor

Luis Martí-Bonmatí

Professor Luis Martí Bonmatí is the Chairman of Radiology and Director of the Medical Imaging Department at La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, and also Chief of Radiology at Quirónsalud Hospital, Valencia, Spain. He leads the Research Group on Biomedical Imaging (GIBI230) within La Fe Health Research Institute. Professor Martí Bonmatí is a long-time member of the European Society of Radiology (ESR) and has served as chairperson of the ESR Research Committee from 2010–2013. Furthermore, he has served as president of the European Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB) and of the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR). He is an established and well-known scientific author with a large number of publications, being involved in several funded research projects and research infrastructures. He also belongs to the Spanish Royal Academy of Medicine.

Professor Martí Bonmatí took over as Editor in Chief of Insights into Imaging in January 2018 from Professor Robert Hermans.