🟩 T2-weighted imaging of the liver suffers from prolonged scan times and respiratory motion artifacts. The authors compared how different approaches and respiratory characteristics affect image quality (Hualing Li et al.) buff.ly/YHeOn3g

🦴AI for Detecting Fractures in Suspected Child Abuse 🖥️ Accurate detection of fractures related to child abuse is critical, yet remains challenging due to subtle imaging findings and variability in expertise.

🫀🖥️ Detection of Calcified Plaques: CCTA vs Non-Contrast CT with AI Support Accurate detection of calcified #coronary #plaques is essential for cardiovascular risk assessment and patient stratification.

❤️ European Radiology Cardiovascular and Thoracic Editor-in-Chief ➡️ Prof. Dr. med. Hatem Alkadhi, MD, MPH University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland ⭐ Hatem Alkadhi is the current Vice-Chair at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology of the University Hospital Zurich.

🟩 Synthetic PET imaging, enabled by deep learning, represents a promising approach to minimise radiation exposure while preserving diagnostic accuracy.

🩷 European Radiology Breast Editor-in-Chief ➡️ Sophia Zackrisson, MD, PhD Professor of Radiology at Lund University and senior consultant radiologist at Skåne University Hospital in Malmö, Sweden. Radiology Diagnostics, Malmö

🤖 🧘 Between Automation and Alienation: Rethinking AI in Radiology As artificial intelligence becomes increasingly embedded in radiology workflows, an important question emerges: is AI reducing workload or simply redistributing it?

🧡 European Radiology Abdomen Editor-in-Chief ➡️ Prof. Valérie Vilgrain, MD Hôpital Beaujon, Clichy, France

🤖 AI as a medical device: what’s same and what’s different across regions? This review article explores how EU, USA, and China approach AI as a medical device, highlighting both convergence and divergence in regulatory thinking.

🟩 This study investigated the transport of gadolinium-based contrast agent across the blood-brain barrier along the perivascular spaces as part of the glympatic drainage in patients with iatrogenic blood-brain barrier disruption follwing digital subtraction angiography (Svea Seehafer et al.)

🚑 Damage Control IR in Trauma Care Trauma-related hemorrhage remains a leading cause of preventable death, where time-critical diagnosis and intervention are paramount.

🍸 🩸Can a strong drink help cure AVMs? Ethanol has long been one of the most potent agents for treating high-flow arteriovenous malformations (AVMs). It works by inducing endothelial damage, vasospasm, and subsequent thrombosis and fibrosis of the nidus.

❤️ European Radiology Cardiovascular and Thoracic is an official journal of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), launched in collaboration with the European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology (ESCR) and the European Society of Thoracic Imaging (ESTI).

🟩 The authors compared a super-resolution depp learning image reconstruction algorithm with a norma-resolution deep learning image reconstruction algorithm according to radiation dose for abdominal CT (Joël Greffier et al.) buff.ly/PYyCvz8

👶🏻 🧠 ✋ Is radial artery access possible in children for neurointerventions? While TRA is now widely adopted in adults for its advantages in early ambulation and improved patient comfort, its role in children has remained less clear due to smaller vessel size and a higher propensity for vasospasm.

🧡 European Radiology Abdomen is an official journal of the European Society of Radiology (ESR), launched in collaboration with the European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology (ESGAR) and the European Society of Urogenital Radiology (ESUR).

🟩 The authors compared the image quality and diagnostic performance of deep learning reconstruction accelerated FOV DWI with standard reconstructed full FOV DWI in rectal cancer (Wenjing Peng et al.) buff.ly/hPiXZOx

Join us over the coming weeks as we introduce our newest Journals! Tuesdays🧡 European Radiology Abdomen Wednesdays🩷 European Radiology Breast Thursdays❤️ European Radiology Cardiovascular and Thoracic

🟩 AI and large language models are increasingly integrated into radiology, offering new possibilities for advanced imaging techniques, including cardiovascular magnetic resonance.

Abdominal aortic aneurysm remains a life-threatening condition with few large-animal disease models. The authors aimed to develop a fully endovascular porcine model for radiology research, reducing surgical trauma and improving reproducibility versus laparotomy-based models

⏪ Rewind to #ECR2026 🏆 Congratulations to Natasha Thorley, who received the ESR Young Researcher Award for "Diagnostic accuracy of abbreviated biparametric MRI for prostate cancer screening: a prospective feasibility study (ReIMAGINE study)" - buff.ly/Y1PXPTV

Arterial Phase CT Improves Detection of Colorectal Liver Metastases Accurate detection of colorectal liver metastases (CRLM) is essential for treatment planning and surgical decision-making in patients with colorectal cancer.

Meet the newest members of our Editorial Team! buff.ly/MU0TP13

🧠🔬 Predicting 5-ALA Fluorescence in Glioma Surgery: The Role of 7-T MRSI Fluorescence-guided surgery using 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) has become an important technique for improving tumor visualization and resection in glioma patients.

🫀🔍 Beyond Coronary Stenosis: Can High-Risk Plaque Features Redefine Risk Stratification? buff.ly/uUI4VZG (Costanza Lisi & Federica Catapano)

🦴🦠 Spondylodiscitis: Toward Unified Imaging Guidelines Spondylodiscitis remains a challenging diagnosis due to its heterogeneous clinical presentation and the complexity of imaging findings.

🫁📊 Predicting Pulmonary Nodule Malignancy: Clinical–Radiological Features vs Radiomics Accurate risk stratification of pulmonary nodules is essential for early lung cancer detection and appropriate patient management.

🏆 5️⃣ Fifth Most Downloaded in European Radiology 2025 AI-powered prostate cancer detection: a multi-centre, multi-scanner validation study buff.ly/rpgMDJd (Francesco Giganti et al.)

🏆 4️⃣ Fourth-most Cited for the Impact Factor 2024 in European Radiology CT-based radiomics analysis of different machine learning models for differentiating benign and malignant parotid tumors buff.ly/bi8mXme (Yunlin Zheng et al.)

🏆 4️⃣ Fourth Most Downloaded in European Radiology 2025 The evolution of image reconstruction for CT—from filtered back projection to artificial intelligence buff.ly/CS0EdtY (Martin J. Willemink & Peter B. Noël)

🏆 3️⃣ Third Most Cited for the Impact Factor 2024 in European Radiology State-of-the-art myocardial strain by CMR feature tracking: clinical applications and future perspectives buff.ly/7ovSNgP (Jing Xu et al.)

🏆 3️⃣ Third Most Downloaded 2025 in European Radiology Ovarian cancer staging and follow-up: updated guidelines from the European Society of Urogenital Radiology female pelvic imaging working group buff.ly/4b96NjC (Stefania Rizzo et al.)

🏆 2️⃣ Second-most Cited for the Impact Factor 2024 in European Radiology Radiology artificial intelligence: a systematic review and evaluation of methods (RAISE) buff.ly/iwdHKlH (Brendan S. Kelly et al.)

🏆 2️⃣ Second Most Downloaded 2025 in European Radiology Implementation of the 9th TNM for lung cancer: practical insights for radiologists buff.ly/LttLGkh (Gianluca Argentieri et al.)

🏆 1️⃣ Most Cited for the Impact Factor 2024 in European Radiology ChatGPT makes medicine easy to swallow: an exploratory case study on simplified radiology reports buff.ly/O3en7oB (Katharina Jeblick et al.)

🏆 1️⃣ Most Downloaded 2025 - European Radiology Acute pulmonary embolism: a paradigm shift in interventional treatment and interdisciplinary care? buff.ly/mZiGsq3 (Willie M. Lüdemann et al.)

📈 Through this week we'll be looking at the Most Cited and Most Downloaded articles of 2025 in European Radiology, recently awarded to the authors at #ECR2026! Congratulations again to all! 🌟

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Screening mammography: Any room for reading improvement without AI? buff.ly/LOQiBJt (Francesco Sardanelli)

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Finding the optimal recall rate in breast cancer screening: results from the ROCS study buff.ly/6hkuv5h (Daniëlle van der Waal et al.)

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Beyond coronary stenosis: Can high-risk plaque features redefine risk stratification in low to intermediate risk patients? buff.ly/gwLVOrO (Costanza Lisi & Federica Catapano)

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Association of high-risk CT coronary artery plaque features with major adverse cardiovascular events: a prespecified secondary analysis of the DISCHARGE trial buff.ly/Z50kcBs (Bálint Szilveszter et al.)

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Time after time: atherosclerotic coronary artery disease after a normal CT angiogram in SCOT-HEART buff.ly/XoPnPuj (Anne-Marieke Stantien & Ann-Christine Stahl)

🟩 The call for applications for the new Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology Experimental is still open! 🟩 Find all the information on the link below 👇️ buff.ly/9cZnr9A

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Development of coronary artery disease in patients with initially normal coronary arteries in the SCOT-HEART trial buff.ly/GCe7mOY (Lia Avigdor et al.)

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ From quantification to clinical impact: AI-based coronary plaque analysis (Yigit Can Kartal) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight at #ECR2026 ⏪ Artificial intelligence-based coronary computed tomography angiography quantification of atherosclerosis burden: comparison with intravascular ultrasound in the INVICTUS Registry buff.ly/PfABC7O (Rine Nakanishi et al.)

👩🏻‍🔬 Throughout this week we'll be focusing on the articles featured during the Clinical Trials in Radiology: Spotlight session at #ECR2026! 🔦 Stay tuned for all the articles and related Commentaries!

🟥 Our European Radiology Cardiovascular and Thoracic Editorial Team at #ECR2026! 🟥 If you weren't able to be at our Meet & Greet last week, you can find out more about the Journal below ⬇️ ⬇️ buff.ly/CQzVSfl

◻️ ◻️ ◻️ If you couldn't make it to our European Radiology Breast Meet & Greet at #ECR2026, you can find out more about one of our newest Journals at the link below ⬇️ ⬇️ buff.ly/x7apd0V

⏪ European Radiology Abdomen at #ECR2026! 🟧 🟧 🟧 If you couldn't make the Meet & Greet at ECR, find out more about European Radiology Abdomen below ⬇️ ⬇️ buff.ly/IqJyez3