Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
The extensive media coverage in Italy that has followed the arrest of Dr. Emanuele Michieletti on 7 May has no doubt made very uncomfortable reading for healthcare managers across the Emilia Romagna region. Not only is the scale of the alleged abuse shocking but it also appears to have continued for many years.
In our report about the case, we’ve tried to summarize the key points from articles in the more reliable media newspapers and websites. We’ll post follow-up stories when there are further developments.
On a far more positive note, European presenters excelled at this week’s annual meeting of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM) in Honolulu, Hawaii.
Two talks about sustainability generated great interest. Dr. Saif Afat, a member of our Editorial Advisory Board, gave some timely tips on how to make MRI more sustainable. He was then followed by a colleague from Tübingen, Germany, who explained how AI-based MR image reconstruction can lead to major energy and time savings.
A Dutch study also caught our attention. The team led by the respected researcher Dr. Ritse Mann, PhD, from Nijmegen, presented its latest findings on abbreviated breast MRI.
Away from ISMRM 2025, AI luminary Geoffrey Hinton, PhD, has been in the news again. He famously predicted in 2016 that AI would replace radiologists, but he’s now admitted that he was wrong. Don’t miss our report.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com
