Editor's Note

Week in Review: Clampdown on unnecessary exams | CT pearls from Dublin | Dutch assess image quality
By Philip Ward
European governments are waking up to the urgent need to get tough on unnecessary and inappropriate requests for imaging, but ensuring the compliance of GPs and referring clinicians is a major obstacle.
July 18, 2025
AuntMinnieEurope.com CT Insider
By Philip Ward
Belgium is embarking on a new scheme designed to reduce the number of unnecessary examinations, particularly CT scans, but will GPs and referring clinicians comply?
July 17, 2025
Week in Review: Errors come under scrutiny | New advice on lung nodules | Tribute to Sarah Jenkins
By Philip Ward
For cardiac MRI scans, the expected error rate is around 5%, but initial findings from a U.K. audit showed a radiologist's discrepancy rate was a staggering 37%, BBC News has reported.
July 11, 2025
Week in Review: Leadership and radiology AI | Hospital doctor struck off | How AI depicts radiologists
By Philip Ward
Visionary leadership that fosters innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration is essential to achieve success in AI implementation.
July 4, 2025
Week in Review: Tribute to Barry Kelly | Underrated IR complication | AI’s impact on prostate MRI
By Philip Ward
It’s important for radiology to celebrate the lives and achievements of remarkable people such as Prof. Barry Kelly.
June 27, 2025
Week in Review: Mangling of medical English | Tributes for Prateek Joshi | Ahoy! Italians head for the coast
By Philip Ward
It goes down particularly badly if you tell your spouse that “I’ll probably get home by six, but later arrival is not excluded,” Dr. Paul McCoubrie writes.
June 20, 2025
Week in Review: AI in developing nations | Tribunal suspends researcher | MRI of liver cirrhosis
By Philip Ward
An uplifting German project shows how AI can make a meaningful difference in remote areas where there are no radiologists working onsite.
June 13, 2025
Week in Review: Workforce crisis in U.K. | AI use in liver cancer | News from RöKo & UKIO
By Philip Ward
U.K. radiology has never faced such a crisis, said Dr. Paul McCoubrie in response to the new workforce report. It’s no surprise younger radiologists are emigrating or working for teleradiology firms, and older ones are retiring as soon as they can, he added.
June 6, 2025
AuntMinnieEurope.com AI Insider
By Philip Ward
Spanish researchers have demonstrated the potential of a novel, CT-based deep learning-driven tool to enhance liver cancer diagnosis, treatment planning, and response evaluation.
June 5, 2025
Week in Review: Imaging of dense breasts | Tribute to Jan Peregrin | Pelvic floor disorders
By Philip Ward
What’s the latest thinking on how best to image dense breasts? Research groups in the U.K. and the Netherlands have published their latest findings.
May 30, 2025
Week in Review: Wellness and weight loss | Use of AI in fracture detection | Radiation dose management
By Philip Ward
Written off in his 40s, radiologist Dr. Salman Qureshi has turned his life around, losing 43 kg (nearly 7 stone) in four years. Now he’s revealed how he did it.
May 23, 2025
AuntMinnieEurope Digital X-Ray Insider
By Philip Ward
Research conducted at university hospitals in the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark highlights the potential of AI as a triage tool for fracture detection.
May 22, 2025
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