Philip Ward

One of the major changes in European radiology during the past decade has been the emergence of Spain as a strong global force.

A group of radiologists from Boston Medical Center is using interventional techniques to treat bleeding Jehovah’s Witness patients.

Unbridled joy took hold in the normally subdued poster hall on Wednesday afternoon when the first purple summa cum laude rosette given by the RSNA since 1998 was bestowed upon an elated team of IT specialists.

To prevent errors and misunderstandings, referring clinicians and radiologists must show more restraint when using abbreviations, a U.K. study has found.

A new Irish study has highlighted an alarming lack of knowledge among clinicians about radiation exposure and its potential risks.

Developing a structured and rigorous peer-review quality assurance process that involves ongoing case presentations, open discussion, and consensus opinions can help to decrease perception errors and improve the interpretive skills of breast imagers, according to radiologists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

A group of radiologists from Boston Medical Center is using interventional techniques to treat bleeding Jehovah’s Witness patients.

Despite challenges, ultrasound remains useful in obese trauma patients. Using the lowest frequency ultrasound probe along with tissue harmonic imaging improves image quality, according to an education exhibit presented at RSNA 2009.

Electrocardiogram-gated tube modulation is essential to lower radiation dose in fusion imaging.

Spare a thought for the organizers of this year's RSNA congress, which begins in Chicago on November 29.

For a man whose job is to care for sick people, Dr. Ahmad Al-Shamssie's journey to work is incredibly fraught with danger. His home is about 25 km from the Baghdad Medical City complex, where he is radiology chair at the teaching hospital.

A common phrase in Parisian healthcare circles right now is “la région sans film.

From time to time, one particular presentation arouses huge interest at a congress.

For a man whose job is to care for sick people, Dr.Ahmad Al-Shamssie's journey to work is incrediblyfraught with danger.

Traditionally, the European Society of Cardiology's annual congress has generated limited interest among radiologists, largely because the meeting has focused primarily on areas other than imaging.

One of the joys of overseas travel is that it always broadens the mind. But it can some times be unnerving, especially when it comes to dining out.

Most readers probably pay little attention to the listing of the Editorial Advisory Board in the bottom right corner of this page, but these people play an important role in our magazine.

The European Congress of Radiology always falls at a special time of year. The bleak months of January and February are over, the plants are starting to reemerge in the garden, and spring and summer lie ahead.

The organizers of the national breast screening program in Croatia have encountered some significant initial difficulties, but they have taken decisive action to solve them, ECR attendees were told at the ESR meets Croatia session.

Sadly, being cynical about certainaspects of the EuropeanUnion is only too easy.

Radiologists should be clinically focused when handling HIV cases, according to a leading chest expert. They must know if patients are drug-naïve or whether they are already on antiretroviral therapy. It is also important to determine how they acquired their HIV, whether onset is acute or more gradual, and how profoundly unwell the patients feel.

Crystal-ball gazing reached new levels at ECR on Saturday, when Prof. Dieter Enzmann took delegates on “a trip to radiology Tomorrowland,” as he referred to his W.C. Röntgen honorary lecture.

CT and MRI have a vital part to play in cases of head and neck trauma, but it is important to know which modality to use under the clinical circumstances, according to speakers at Friday’s opening session of the minicourse on major trauma.

MR systems used in cardiovascular imaging will inevitably have higher field strengths, including 7T, according to a leading cardiac radiologist.

CT and MRI have a vital part to play in cases of head and neck trauma, but it is important to know which modality to use under the clinical circumstances, according to speakers at Friday’s opening session of the minicourse on major trauma.

Mention Switzerland and most people will think of mountains. Because the country will have its first ever ECR president in March, it is no great surprise that the symbol of the congress is one of the world’s most famous peaks: the Matterhorn.

Radiologists should take much greatercare over the patient information containedin their PowerPoint files,according to researchers from theUniversity of Michigan.

The imminent publication of eagerlyanticipated new international guidelinespromises to transform the complexarea of lung cancer staging.

When I started workingas a medical editor inthe late 1980s, one ofthe most memorablepieces of advice I received came froma senior nurse, who told me that medicaldoctors would read an articleprinted on toilet paper if they felt it wasaccurate and clinically relevant andwould enable them to deliver betterpatient care.

Mention Switzerland and most people will think of mountains.Because the country will have its first ever ECR president inMarch, it is no great surprise that the symbol of the congress isone of the world's most famous peaks:the Matterhorn.