Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
The drive to reduce the carbon footprint of CT imaging is gathering pace. A potentially significant new project designed to boost sustainability has received the green light.
An international consortium, NetZeroAICT, has received 6 million euros to develop AI software for creating sustainable CT images with "digital contrast" from native CT images. Make sure you read our news report on this initiative. Don’t expect any instant results, though, because it’s a four-year scheme.
If you’ve never been to the hometown of W.C. Roentgen, then I’d strongly recommend doing so in 2024. I spent a day in Remscheid-Lenep in the run-up to the centenary of x-rays in 1995. I still have very fond memories of the trip and my interview with director Dr. Uwe Busch. Our history columnist, Dr. Adrian Thomas, has written an article about his recent visit.
Italy will hold the presidency of the ECR and the ESR next year, so there was considerable interest in a special RSNA 2023 session organized by the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIRM). Prof. Emanuele Neri has written for us about the occasion.
In another report from RSNA, AI developers presented data about algorithms configured to segregate patient chest x-ray images into those with significant clinical findings and those considered normal. In both cases, the algorithms ruled out a potentially significant number of reads.
Meanwhile, U.K. radiology continues to face a mounting workforce crisis. The Royal College of Radiologists’ latest report on turnaround times has cast light on this topic.
Looking ahead, we’ll publish our list of top 10 articles for 2003 on Monday, 18 December. Make sure you don’t miss it.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
