Radiology in Europe

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Radiology in Europe

• A waited reorganization for an improved efficiency

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In the past two societies

• EAR European Association of Radiology
• EAR is the federation of national societies
• ECR European Congress of Radiology
• ECR is the European congress organizer
• Results confusion, inefficiency

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Today only one society

• ESR European Society of Radiology
• Former societies are now subsidiaries of ESR
• Only one representative for Radiology in Europe
  the ESR

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ESR Executive Board

• President Nicholas Gourtsyiannis - GR
• Vice-President Antonio Chiesa - IT
• Secretary-General Guy Frija - FR
• Treasurer Borut Marincek - CH
• Members Andreas Adam - UK Albert Baert - BE
  José J. Bilbao - ES Lorenzo Bonomo - IT Éamann
  Breatnach - IE Christian J. Herold - AT Gabriel
  P. Krestin - NL Iain W. McCall - UK Yves Menu -
  FR András Paikó - HU Maximilian F. Reiser - DE
  Bruno Silberman - FR Malgorzata
  Szczerbo-Trojanowska - PL.

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The ESR IT Group

• Chairman Lluis Donoso Bach - ES
• Members Davide Caramela - IT Joël Chabriais -
  FR Guy Frija - FR Gabriel P. Krestin - NL
  Peter Mildenberger - DE, Jan Størmer - NO, Osman
  Ratib - CH.

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The ESR IT Group

• Relationship with
• DICOM
• IHE
• Terminology
• SNOMED
• RadLex
• BI-RADS
• Medical Imaging and EHR