European Radiology

⏪ The European Radiology Abdomen Editorial Team at ESGAR 2026 in Montpellier! 🧡

🩺💬 Pre-Procedural Disclosure of Potential Diagnostic Errors in Radiology: Public Perspectives in the Netherlands

Diagnostic uncertainty and the possibility of error are inherent to medical practice, yet little is known about how patients perceive these realities before undergoing imaging examinations. This study explores public attitudes toward pre-procedural disclosure of potential diagnostic errors in radiology, providing valuable insights into expectations surrounding transparency, trust, and informed decision-making in healthcare. 📋

👉 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-026-12656-8 (Thomas C. Kwee et al.)

"As radiology continues to evolve in an era of patient-centered care, understanding how patients view diagnostic uncertainty is becoming increasingly important. These findings contribute to the ongoing discussion on communication strategies in radiology and highlight the delicate balance between promoting transparency and maintaining trust in the diagnostic process. 🩻✨" - Sonja Jankovic

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⏪ Our Editorial Team promoting European Radiology Cardiovascular and Thoracic!

📌 ESTI 2026, Salzburg ❤️

Concurrent AI-human interaction in prostate cancer MRI interpretation - more hype than help? The authors evaluated a commercial AI system as a concurrent decision-support tool for clinical significant prostate cancer detection (Andrea Ponsiglione et al.)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41747-026-00695-1

🖥️⚡ Virtual Non-Contrast Images from Dual-Layer Spectral CT: Are We Ready to Replace True Non-Contrast CT?

Reducing radiation exposure while maintaining diagnostic accuracy remains a key goal in abdominal CT imaging. This study compared virtual non-contrast (VNC) images generated from dual-layer spectral CT with true non-contrast (TNC) images across multiple abdominal structures. While VNC images demonstrated promising performance and could potentially reduce radiation dose by up to 33% 📉☢️, they showed consistent attenuation differences, reduced subjective image quality, and altered calcification measurements compared with TNC.

👉 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-026-12642-0 (Domenico De Santis et al.)

"These findings suggest that, despite ongoing advances in spectral CT technology, VNC images cannot yet fully replace dedicated non-contrast acquisitions in routine abdominal imaging. Further algorithmic refinements will be essential to bridge the gap between radiation reduction benefits and the diagnostic reliability required for everyday clinical practice. ✨📊" - Sonja Jankovic

Rib fractures are common yet time-consuming to diagnose. This study explores automation via multiplanar reconstruction and intelligent detection algorithms to accelerate and optimise clinical assessment (Donglin Wen et al.)

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s41747-026-00703-4

📣 ESR Essentials: Imaging of Melanoma

Melanoma remains one of the most aggressive skin malignancies, making accurate imaging essential for staging, treatment planning, and follow-up. This ESR Essentials article provides practice recommendations from the European Society of Oncologic Imaging, offering guidance on the optimal use of imaging modalities across the care pathway, from initial assessment to surveillance and evaluation of treatment response.

👉 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-026-12639-9 (Wolfgang G. Kunz et al.)

"These recommendations emphasize the importance of a standardized, multimodality imaging approach to facilitate precise staging, detect metastatic disease, and support multidisciplinary decision-making. By translating expert consensus into practical guidance, this work serves as a valuable resource for radiologists involved in imaging and melanoma management. ✨" - Sonja Jankovic

ESR Essentials: imaging of melanoma—practice recommendations by the European Society of Oncologic Imaging - European Radiology Abstract Staging and response assessment of melanoma is a challenging radiological task as the tumor entity is characterized by atypical metastatic phenotypes and response patterns. Radiologists should scrutinize diagnostic images for unusual metastatic sites, including, e.g., gastrointestinal, endo...

🤖 What’s the difference between a robot used in interventional radiology and a typical machine, and could robots replace interventional radiologists? 🧑‍⚕️

ESR Innovation in Focus: Robotics applications for interventional radiology

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00330-026-12326-9 (Stavros Spiliopoulos, Lorenzo Patrone, Maarten Smits, Marco van Strijen & Pierleone Lucatelli)

The European Society of Radiology (ESR) is excited to announce the 2025 Impact Factor (IF) for European Radiology, Insights into Imaging, and European Radiology Experimental.

European Radiology’s 2025 IF soared to 6.0 from last year’s 4.7, moving the flagship journal of the ESR from rank 27 to rank 22 within the category “Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging”. European Radiology remains the highest placed ESR Journal and sits firmly in the Q1 of the category.

Insights into Imaging rose to an IF of 5.6 (IF 2024: 4.5), securing a very strong rank 24 (Q1) within the category.

Lastly, European Radiology Experimental, continued its increase of IF and now reached a score of 4.7 (IF 2024: 3.6), ranking as 35 (Q1) within the category.

The increase in the IF scores, coupled with the improved ranking of all three ESR journals, marks yet another outstanding year for the ESR Journals. It represents a truly impressive achievement that is a testament to all the continued dedication, expertise, and hard work of the Editorial Teams, whose efforts have been instrumental in strengthening the journals’ standing within the scientific community.

The ESR and its leadership would like to express their sincere gratitude to all authors, readers, reviewers, and Editorial Teams for their invaluable contributions and ongoing commitment. We look forward to building on this success and further strengthening the positions of our journals within the field of radiology!

Bernd Hamm, Chief Editor of the ESR Journals and Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology,
Paola Clauser, Editor-in-Chief of Insights into Imaging,
Francesco Sardanelli, Editor-in-Chief of European Radiology Experimental