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The validity and applicability of CAD-RADS in the management of patients with coronary artery disease

The coronary artery disease reporting and data system (CAD-RADS) is designed for a uniform standardization of coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) reporting and further management recommendations of...

Authors: Mohammad Abd Alkhalik Basha, Sameh Abdelaziz Aly, Ahmad Abdel Azim Ismail, Hanan A. Bahaaeldin and Samar Mohamad Shehata

Non-neoplastic pathology at the crossroads between neck imaging and cardiothoracic imaging

The thoracic inlet is located at the crossroads between imaging of the neck and chest. It represents an important anatomic landmark, serving as the central conducting pathway for many vital structures extendin...

Authors: Trinh T. Nguyen, Patricia E. Melendez, Katherine Kaproth-Joslin and Alok A. Bhatt

Congenital systemic venous return anomalies to the right atrium review

Congenital anomalies of the systemic venous return to the right atrium are rare and stem from variations in the embryogenesis of the venous system. They are usually asymptomatic, and such the major clinical si...

Authors: João Diogo Oliveira and Isa Martins

Chest imaging using signs, symbols, and naturalistic images: a practical guide for radiologists and non-radiologists

Several imaging findings of thoracic diseases have been referred—on chest radiographs or CT scans—to signs, symbols, or naturalistic images. Most of these imaging findings include the air bronchogram sign, the...

Authors: Alessandra Chiarenza, Luca Esposto Ultimo, Daniele Falsaperla, Mario Travali, Pietro Valerio Foti, Sebastiano Emanuele Torrisi, Matteo Schisano, Letizia Antonella Mauro, Gianluca Sambataro, Antonio Basile, Carlo Vancheri and Stefano Palmucci

Complications of hepatic echinococcosis: multimodality imaging approach

Hydatid disease is a worldwide zoonosis endemic in many countries. Liver echinococcosis accounts for 60–75% of cases and may be responsible for a wide spectrum of complications in about one third of patients. ...

Authors: Silvia Greco, Roberto Cannella, Dario Giambelluca, Giusy Pecoraro, Emanuele Battaglia, Massimo Midiri, Giuseppe Brancatelli and Federica Vernuccio

An additional challenge for head and neck radiologists: anatomic variants posing a surgical risk – a pictorial review

Anatomic variants in the head and neck are quite numerous and occur frequently: a minority of them increase the risk of complications during surgical procedures and may be visualized on cross-sectional images....

Authors: Davide Farina, Davide Lombardi, Martina Bertuletti, Giovanni Palumbo, Ivan Zorza and Marco Ravanelli

Cancer genome landscape: a radiologist’s guide to cancer genome medicine with imaging correlates

The introduction of high throughput sequence analysis in the past decade and the decrease in sequencing costs has made available an enormous amount of genomic data. These data have shaped the landscape of canc...

Authors: Francesco Alessandrino, Daniel A. Smith, Sree Harsha Tirumani and Nikhil H. Ramaiya

Noninvasive imaging diagnosis of sinusoidal obstruction syndrome: a pictorial review

Sinusoidal obstruction syndrome (SOS) is a rare liver disorder due to hepatic vascular injury. Its rapid and accurate diagnosis is crucial for patient survival. SOS is often established clinically, based on Ba...

Authors: Yun Zhang, Yuling Yan and Bin Song

ESR statement on new approaches to undergraduate teaching in Radiology

Medical education is evolving and electronic learning (e-Learning) strategies have now become an essential asset in radiology education. Radiology education is a significant part of the undergraduate medical c...

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A radiologic review of hoarse voice from anatomic and neurologic perspectives

The differential diagnosis for hoarseness is extensive and includes a multitude of etiologies that span a large geographic area from the brainstem to the mediastinum. Therefore, localizing a causative lesion c...

Authors: Simone Montoya, Anthony Portanova and Alok A. Bhatt

Mentorship in academic radiology: why it matters

Mentorship plays a critical role in the success of academic radiologists. Faculty members with mentors have better career opportunities, publish more papers, receive more research grants, and have greater over...

Authors: Miriam A. Bredella, David Fessell and James H. Thrall

European Training Assessment Programme 2.0

The European Training Assessment Programme (ETAP) 2.0 offers a structured assessment of radiology training institutions applying for certification, without geographical constraints. It applies, in fact, to bot...

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Can imaging be the new yardstick for diagnosing peripheral neuropathy?—a comparison between high resolution ultrasound and MR neurography with an approach to diagnosis

Peripheral neuropathies are a group of disorders which affect the peripheral nervous system which have been conventionally diagnosed using electrodiagnostic studies. This study was carried out to assess the ro...

Authors: Aakanksha Agarwal, Abhishek Chandra, Usha Jaipal, Meenu Bagarhatta, Kuldeep Mendiratta, Alka Goyal, Raghav Kumar and Naresh Mangalhara

Impact of artificial intelligence on radiology: a EuroAIM survey among members of the European Society of Radiology

We report the results of a survey conducted among ESR members in November and December 2018, asking for expectations about artificial intelligence (AI) in 5–10 years. Of 24,000 ESR members contacted, 675 (2.8%...

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Detection of partial loss of hippocampal striation at 1.5 Tesla magnetic resonance imaging

Partial loss of hippocampal striation (PLHS) is recently described in 3 T and 7 T MR imaging as a sensitive indicator of hippocampal sclerosis. Primary objective: We described the demographic characteristics of t...

Authors: Anitha Sen and Sudhakaran Sankaran

Imaging of shoulder arthroplasties and their complications: a pictorial review

Currently, an increasing number of patients benefit from shoulder prosthesis implantation. Radiologists are therefore more often confronted with imaging examinations involving shoulder arthroplasty, whether du...

Authors: Damien Combes, Romain Lancigu, Patrick Desbordes de Cepoy, Filippo Caporilli-Razza, Laurent Hubert, Louis Rony and Christophe Aubé

Optimization of pulmonary emphysema quantification on CT scans of COPD patients using hybrid iterative and post processing techniques: correlation with pulmonary function tests

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of hybrid iterative reconstruction and post processing on emphysema quantification in low-dose CT scans of COPD patients using pulmonary function tests (PFT) as a...

Authors: E. de Boer, I. M. Nijholt, S. Jansen, M. A. Edens, S. Walen, J. W. K. van den Berg and M. F. Boomsma

HRCT imaging of acquired cholesteatoma: a pictorial review

Chronically discharging ear is a common cause of morbidity in developing countries, and it is also associated with intratemporal and intracranial complications. The surgeon is often able to detect the disease....

Authors: Malvika Gulati, Swati Gupta, Anjali Prakash, Anju Garg and Rashmi Dixit

ESHNR 2019 Book of Abstracts

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Ethics of artificial intelligence in radiology: summary of the joint European and North American multisociety statement

This is a condensed summary of an international multisociety statement on ethics of artificial intelligence (AI) in radiology produced by the ACR, European Society of Radiology, RSNA, Society for Imaging Infor...

Authors: J. Raymond Geis, Adrian Brady, Carol C. Wu, Jack Spencer, Erik Ranschaert, Jacob L. Jaremko, Steve G. Langer, Andrea Borondy Kitts, Judy Birch, William F. Shields, Robert van den Hoven van Genderen, Elmar Kotter, Judy Wawira Gichoya, Tessa S. Cook, Matthew B. Morgan, An Tang…

CT density of cervical thymus, in comparison with mediastinal thymus

Cervical component of thymus is noted more in children and young adults than in older age group. CT texture (lobules of soft tissue interspersed with fat), similarity with CT density of mediastinal thymus and ...

Authors: Anitha Sen, Jiji Valsalamony and Jubie Raj

Reconstruction techniques for cardiac cine MRI

The present survey describes the state-of-the-art techniques for dynamic cardiac magnetic resonance image reconstruction. Additionally, clinical relevance, main challenges, and future trends of this image moda...

Authors: Rosa-María Menchón-Lara, Federico Simmross-Wattenberg, Pablo Casaseca-de-la-Higuera, Marcos Martín-Fernández and Carlos Alberola-López

Identifying communication-related predictors of patient satisfaction in a briefing prior to contrast-enhanced computed tomography

This study aimed to prospectively investigate patients’ satisfaction with briefings before computed tomography (CT) examinations, determine feasibility, and identify factors influencing patient satisfaction in...

Authors: Valentina Scholz, Sandra Lange, Britta Rosenberg, Marie-Luise Kromrey, Annika Syperek, Norbert Hosten, Thomas Kohlmann and Michael Kirsch

Imaging findings of cesarean delivery complications: cesarean scar disease and much more

In the last years, there has been a significant increase in the number of cesarean deliveries and, with it, of the number of complications following the procedure. They can be divided into early and late ones....

Authors: F. Rosa, G. Perugin, D. Schettini, N. Romano, S. Romeo, R. Podestà, A. Guastavino, A. Casaleggio and N. Gandolfo

Validation of an informatics tool to assess resident’s progress in developing reporting skills

Diagnostic radiology residency programs pursuits as main objectives of the development of diagnostic capabilities and written communication skills to answer clinicians’ questions of referring clinicians.

Authors: Facundo N. Diaz and Marina Ulla

Development and validation of image quality scoring criteria (IQSC) for pediatric CT: a preliminary study

To develop and assess the value and limitations of an image quality scoring criteria (IQSC) for pediatric CT exams.

Authors: Atul M. Padole, Pallavi Sagar, Sjirk J. Westra, Ruth Lim, Katherine Nimkin, Mannudeep K. Kalra, Michael S. Gee and Madan M. Rehani

Brain MR findings in patients treated with particle therapy for skull base tumors

Nowadays, hadrontherapy is increasingly used for the treatment of various tumors, in particular of those resistant to conventional radiotherapy. Proton and carbon ions are characterized by physical and biologi...

Authors: Gisela Viselner, Lisa Farina, Federica Lucev, Elena Turpini, Luca Lungarotti, Ana Bacila, Alberto Iannalfi, Emma D’Ippolito, Barbara Vischioni, Sara Ronchi, Enrico Marchioni, Francesca Valvo, Stefano Bastianello and Lorenzo Preda

Structured report data can be used to develop deep learning algorithms: a proof of concept in ankle radiographs

Data used for training of deep learning networks usually needs large amounts of accurate labels. These labels are usually extracted from reports using natural language processing or by time-consuming manual re...

Authors: Daniel Pinto dos Santos, Sebastian Brodehl, Bettina Baeßler, Gordon Arnhold, Thomas Dratsch, Seung-Hun Chon, Peter Mildenberger and Florian Jungmann

Techniques and future perspectives for the prevention and treatment of endoleaks after endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms

The presence of endoleaks remains one of the main drawbacks of endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms leading to the increase of the size of the aneurysmal sac and in most of the cases to repeated i...

Authors: Gianluigi Orgera, Marcello Andrea Tipaldi, Florindo Laurino, Pierleone Lucatelli, Alberto Rebonato, Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, Michele Rossi and Miltiadis Krokidis

ESR statement on portable ultrasound devices

The use of portable ultrasound (US) devices has increased in recent years and the market has been flourishing. Portable US devices can be subdivided into three groups: laptop-associated devices, hand-carried U...

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Visible T1-hyperintensity of the dentate nucleus after multiple administrations of macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agents: yes or no?

To investigate the appearance of visible dentate nucleus (DN) T1-hyperintensity and quantify changes in DN/pons (DN/P) signal intensity (SI) ratio in MS patients after the exclusive administration of macrocycl...

Authors: Alessandra Splendiani, Antonella Corridore, Silvia Torlone, Milvia Martino, Antonio Barile, Ernesto Di Cesare and Carlo Masciocchi

Validated imaging biomarkers as decision-making tools in clinical trials and routine practice: current status and recommendations from the EIBALL* subcommittee of the European Society of Radiology (ESR)

Observer-driven pattern recognition is the standard for interpretation of medical images. To achieve global parity in interpretation, semi-quantitative scoring systems have been developed based on observer ass...

Authors: Nandita M. deSouza, Eric Achten, Angel Alberich-Bayarri, Fabian Bamberg, Ronald Boellaard, Olivier Clément, Laure Fournier, Ferdia Gallagher, Xavier Golay, Claus Peter Heussel, Edward F. Jackson, Rashindra Manniesing, Marius E. Mayerhofer, Emanuele Neri, James O’Connor, Kader Karli Oguz…

Complications of central venous port systems: a pictorial review

Central venous port devices are indicated for patients, who need long-term intravenous therapy. Oncologic patients may require intermittent administration of chemotherapy, parenteral nutrition, infusions, or b...

Authors: Sibylle Machat, Edith Eisenhuber, Georg Pfarl, Josef Stübler, Claus Koelblinger, Johannes Zacherl and Wolfgang Schima

Endoscopic stenting of malignant, benign and iatrogenic colorectal disorders: a primer for radiologists

In recent years, endoscopic placement of intraluminal stents is increasingly used to manage a widening range of colorectal disorders. Self-expanding metal stents represent an established alternative to surgery...

Authors: Massimo Tonolini, Emilia Bareggi and Raffaele Salerno

Trends in scientific research in Insights into Imaging: a bibliometric review

To analyse the coverage and main bibliometric indicators of Insights into Imaging in Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) from the Web of Science Core Collection database.

Authors: Juan Carlos Valderrama-Zurián, Lourdes Castelló-Cogollos and Rafael Aleixandre-Benavent

How scientific mobility can help current and future radiology research: a radiology trainee’s perspective

One of the ways in which modern radiology is manifesting itself in higher education and research is through the increasing importance of scientific mobility. This article seeks to provide an overview and a pro...

Authors: Filippo Pesapane

Diagnostic value of alternative techniques to gadolinium-based contrast agents in MR neuroimaging—a comprehensive overview

Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) increase lesion detection and improve disease characterization for many cerebral pathologies investigated with MRI. These agents, introduced in the late 1980s, are in w...

Authors: Anna Falk Delgado, Danielle Van Westen, Markus Nilsson, Linda Knutsson, Pia C. Sundgren, Elna-Marie Larsson and Alberto Falk Delgado

Perinatal post-mortem ultrasound (PMUS): radiological-pathological correlation

There has been an increasing demand and interest in post-mortem imaging techniques, either as an adjunct or replacement for the conventional invasive autopsy. Post-mortem ultrasound (PMUS) is easily accessible...

Authors: Susan C. Shelmerdine, Neil J. Sebire and Owen J. Arthurs

Magnetic resonance imaging of the papillary muscles of the left ventricle: normal anatomy, variants, and abnormalities

Left ventricular papillary muscles are small myocardial structures that play an important role in the functioning of mitral valve and left ventricle. Typically, there are two groups of papillary muscles, namel...

Authors: Prabhakar Rajiah, Nicholas Lim Fulton and Michael Bolen

Role of imaging in the evaluation of vascular complications after liver transplantation

Clinical manifestations of liver transplantation complications can be subtle and non-specific. Medical imaging, mainly Doppler ultrasound, plays an important role to detect and grade these. Colour Doppler ultr...

Authors: Juan-José Delgado-Moraleda, Carmen Ballester-Vallés and Luis Marti-Bonmati

Primary myelofibrosis: spectrum of imaging features and disease-related complications

Primary myelofibrosis is a chronic clonal stem cell disorder that results in a build-up of marrow fibrosis and dysfunction, hypermetabolic states, and myeloid metaplasia. The clinical and radiological conseque...

Authors: Sheng Fei Oon, Dalveer Singh, Teng Han Tan, Allan Lee, Geertje Noe, Kate Burbury and Joseph Paiva

The Charcot foot: a pictorial review

Charcot foot refers to an inflammatory pedal disease based on polyneuropathy; the detailed pathomechanism of the disease is still unclear. Since the most common cause of polyneuropathy in industrialized countr...

Authors: Andrea B. Rosskopf, Christos Loupatatzis, Christian W. A. Pfirrmann, Thomas Böni and Martin C. Berli

Technique, protocols and adverse reactions for contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM): a systematic review

We reviewed technical parameters, acquisition protocols and adverse reactions (ARs) for contrast-enhanced spectral mammography (CESM). A systematic search in databases, including MEDLINE/EMBASE, was performed ...

Authors: Moreno Zanardo, Andrea Cozzi, Rubina Manuela Trimboli, Olgerta Labaj, Caterina Beatrice Monti, Simone Schiaffino, Luca Alessandro Carbonaro and Francesco Sardanelli

Anatomical variation in the ankle and foot: from incidental finding to inductor of pathology. Part I: ankle and hindfoot

Accessory anatomical structures in the ankle and foot usually represent incidental imaging findings; however, they may also eventually represent a source of pathology, such as painful syndromes, degenerative c...

Authors: Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Francisco Aparisi, Alessandra Bartoloni, Maria Alejandra Ferrando Fons, Giuseppe Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi and Alberto Bazzocchi

Anatomical variation in the ankle and foot: from incidental finding to inductor of pathology. Part II: midfooot and forefoot

Accessory anatomical structures in the ankle and foot usually represent incidental imaging findings; however, they may also eventually represent a source of pathology, such as painful syndromes, degenerative c...

Authors: Maria Pilar Aparisi Gómez, Francisco Aparisi, Alessandra Bartoloni, Maria Alejandra Ferrando Fons, Giuseppe Battista, Giuseppe Guglielmi and Alberto Bazzocchi

Imaging of brown tumours: a pictorial review

Brown tumours do not represent neoplastic process, but they are focal bony lesions due to bone remodelling from either primary or secondary hyperparathyroidism. Their incidence is also low. The current literat...

Authors: Cheng Xie, Maria Tsakok, Nia Taylor and Karen Partington

MRI of the axial skeleton in spondyloarthritis: the many faces of new bone formation

Spondyloarthritis has two hallmark features: active inflammation and structural lesions with new bone formation. MRI is well suited to assess active inflammation, but there is increasing interest in the role o...

Authors: Frederiek Laloo, Nele Herregods, Jacob L. Jaremko, Philippe Carron, Dirk Elewaut, Filip Van den Bosch, Koenraad Verstraete and Lennart Jans

Does learning from mistakes have to be painful? Analysis of 5 years’ experience from the Leeds radiology educational cases meetings identifies common repetitive reporting errors and suggests acknowledging and celebrating excellence (ACE) as a more positive way of teaching the same lessons

The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) and General Medical Council (GMC) encourage learning from mistakes. But negative feedback can be a demoralising process with adverse implications for staff morale, clini...

Authors: Andrew Koo and Jonathan T. Smith

Diffuse smoking-related lung diseases: insights from a radiologic-pathologic correlation

Cigarettes are well-recognized risk factors responsible for the emergence of a variety of pathologic conditions affecting both the airways and the lungs. Smoking-related lung diseases can be classified as chro...

Authors: Célia Sousa, Márcio Rodrigues, André Carvalho, Bárbara Viamonte, Rui Cunha, Susana Guimarães, Conceição Souto de Moura, António Morais and José Miguel Pereira

Updated WHO nomenclature of head and neck lesions and associated imaging findings

This article reviews the imaging features of head and neck lesions with updated 2017 World Health Organization (WHO) nomenclature. The major WHO changes include refined terminology of existing entities, descri...

Authors: Nisa Oren, Anatoliy Vaysberg and Daniel T. Ginat