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In Europe the field followed its own pathway; for example in Germany the parallel interventional society began to break free of the DR society in 2008. [32] In the UK, interventional radiology was approved as a sub-specialty of clinical radiology in 2010.
Celedonio Calatayud (1880-1931) pioneered the use of radiology and electrology in Europe for both diagnostics and therapeutical purposes, introducing radiotherapy in Spain in 1906. [14] Manuel Cardona Castro (1934-2014), physicist, researched superconductivity and the interaction of electromagnetic radiation with a semiconductor material. [15]
The Congress is the largest radiological meeting in Europe with more than 28,000 participants from around 100 countries and 4,000 scientific papers and exhibits.To answer growing demand, the ECR has developed EPOS, an online electronic presentation system and ECR Online, providing coverage of the majority of sessions via live video streaming.
By the end of the war, a number of proposals on how to measure the intensity of x-rays had been made, but there was little agreement between the various parties concerned. [6] In 1925 the British Institute of Radiology, under Holland's leadership [ 7 ] [ 8 ] invited delegates from a number of countries to attend the First International Congress ...
The International Day of Radiology is a successor to the European Day of Radiology which was launched in 2011. The first and only European Day of Radiology (EDoR) was held on February 10, 2011, to commemorate the anniversary of Röntgen's death and was organised by the European Society of Radiology(ESR). Due to the success of the EDoR, the ESR ...
In 1975, the University of California, San Francisco Radiology Department founded the Radiologic Imaging Laboratory (RIL). [45] With the support of Pfizer, Diasonics, and later Toshiba America MRI, the lab developed new imaging technology and installed systems in the United States and worldwide. [46]
The advent of sophisticated computers in the late 1960s and early 1970s made the development of the first practical computed tomography scanners possible. The first clinical CT scan was performed in a London hospital in 1971 using a scanner invented by Sir Godfrey Hounsfield. [14]
The European Day of Radiology (EDoR) is an annual day of action that will take place for the first time on February 10, 2011. The day is an initiative of the European Society of Radiology, an organisation that represents the interests of radiology and its practitioners throughout Europe and also hosts the European Congress of Radiology.