Final Programme

Postgraduate Educational Programme
14:00 - 15:30 Room F2
Special Focus Session
SF 7
Ask the editors: Discuss your most burning questions and problems
with the editors of the major international radiologic journals
Presiding: C.J. Herold; Vienna/AT
Moderators: G.D. Rubin; Stanford, CA/US
M.M. Thurnher; Vienna/AT
A-154 14:00
Presentation of journal policies, positions and important changes: "European Radiology"/
"Radiology"/"American Journal of Roentgenology"
C.J. Herold 1 , A.L. Baert 2 , A.V. Proto 3 , R.J. Stanley 4 ; 1 Vienna/AT, 2 Leuven/BE, 3 Richmond, VA/US, 4 Birmingham, AL/US
Session Objectives:
1. To learn about the peer review process, publication policy, quality standards, important trends and futures
changes in major radiologic journals.
2. To understand which factors infl uence acceptance or rejection of a manuscript
3. To apprehend how to improve the paper acceptance.
4. To increase knowledge about standards of good scientifi c practice, consequences of scientifi c misconduct, and
evolving methods of detecting duplicate publishing and plagiarism.
14:33 Interactive discussion with questions and answers led by moderators
14:00 - 15:30 Room R2
Interactive Teaching Course: Useful Signs in Imaging
E³ 720
Signs in abdominal imaging
A-155 14:00
A. Abdomen: Viscera
F. Caseiro-Alves, L. Curvo-Semedo, J. Brito; Coimbra/PT
Learning Objectives:
1. To become familiar with the features of fi ve imaging signs as seen on cross-sectional imaging of the liver
and pancreas.
2. To understand the underlying physiopathological mechanism.
3. To be able to derive the main differential diagnosis.
4. To learn about further imaging investigations that may be useful to provide a fi nal diagnosis.
A-156 14:45
B. Abdomen: GI
P. Rogalla; Berlin/DE
Learning Objectives:
1. To learn the morphologic and functional features of the GI tract and how they affect imaging.
2. To learn the principle imaging strategies of the lower alimentary tube.
3. To learn the imaging signs that help to distinguish between infectious, non-infectious and neoplastic
diseases.
176 A B C D European Society of Radiology