Illuminations

News From The International Society of Radiology

July 2024

Announcements

From Dr. Bibb Allen, ISR President

ISR Begins Preparations for Centennial Celebrations

Throughout 2025 and 2026, the International Society of Radiology will celebrate its 100^th year anniversary. Thanks to the commitment and work of luminaries like Antoine Béclère and many others, an international effort to assemble physicians from around the world to share their experience in using Roentgens new ray to improve health. That first Congress was held in London in 1925, and although records from the Congress did not survive, that gathering of international experts is considered to represent the beginnings of the International Society of Radiology.

Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging Presents Their Open Access Journal JMeXFRI

Journal of the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging (JMeXFRI) is the official journal of the Mexican Federation of Radiology and Imaging. JMeXFRI publishes original research from Mexico and around the world, covering advances in Diagnosis and Therapy in Radiology.

JMeXFRI is published in American English with 4 quarterly issues per year in electronic version, which is open access at www.jmexfri.com. The types of publications included in JMeXFRI are: Original Articles, Pictorial Essays, Technical Notes, Editorials, Reviews, Images in Radiology, and Case Reports. JMeXFRI offers optimal quality publications with global impact through the website. This year, JMeXFRI was indexed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), and Information Matrix for Journal Analysis (MIAR).

White House Africa Cancer Care Forum

The Biden Cancer Moonshot hosted the White House Africa Cancer Forum—convening ten African nations to assess national priorities in cancer care as part of their comprehensive national strategy for improving health care systems and population health outcomes.

A video of the event can be viewed here. Please note Dr. Hedvig Hricak of Memorial Sloan Kettering joins the panel at 45:40.

ISRQSA News

How Radiologists Overcome Barriers to Provide Imaging in Low to Middle Income Countries

Access to imaging can be a major barrier for millions of people living in low to middle income countries (LMICs) across the world. Radiologists are finding alternatives to deliver high quality care.

Monthly Lecture Series

Neonatal Bowel Obstruction

Open Access Education Articles

Optimizing the Use of Iodinated Contrast in CT Scans: Vascular, Visceral, Multiphasic Studies, and Biphasic Injection

Protocols like vascular, visceral, multiphasic, and split-bolus injections optimize contrast use for specific needs. Factors such as patient weight, cardiac output, study delay, kilovoltage, and iodine delivery rate influence contrast enhancement.

Breast Cancer Method of Detection: 5-Year Outcomes Across a Multisite Health Care Enterprise

To investigate the feasibility and accuracy of radiologists categorizing the method of detection (MOD) when performing image-guided breast biopsies.

Prognostic Value of 18F-FDG PET/CT Assessment After Radiotherapy of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Anus in Patients from the National Multicentric Cohort FFCD-ANABASE

This study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of 18F-FDG PET/CT qualitative assessment in terms of recurrence-free survival (RFS), colostomy-free survival (CFS), and overall survival (OS) after radiation therapy (RT) of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus (SCCA). Secondary objectives were to evaluate the prognostic value of baseline and posttherapeutic quantitative 18F-FDG PET/CT parameters in terms of RFS, CFS, and OS.

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