Yes, but every hospital will have a scanner and a radiology department … you just need to spend time to train the staff. Just like you need to train the physiotherapists and the trial nurses.

Agree! But by whom?

But if you could then do your trial with a lot less patients…? My take on it is that ‘we’ as academics have not made/do not have the resources to make an application for the regulatory agencies to validate it. Even though #imagingnmd is doing very important work on this with the FDA.

This is not entirely true, the technique is implemented on MRI scanners of all major vendors. And the liver community also uses the same metric with FDA clearance. So yes you need a specialized center with experience, but there are more of those around than just one.

I’m not sure I agree that it should predict better, more sensitive would also help. It has already been shown that in a hypothetical trial that would slow down disease progression by 50%, the sample size for MRI would be much lower compared to functional tests. In rare diseases, this is important

Image from article in Radiology: Artificial Intelligence

#Dafne, a free, decentralized, collaborative #DeepLearning system for semantic segmentation of images through federated incremental learning https://doi.org/10.1148/ryai.240097 #ASCO25 #cancer #OncoRad #radiology

Francesco Santini - ESMRMB2025 Program Chair (@mrifranz.bsky.social) Very opinionated MRI researcher. Opinions are mine, but probably should be yours too 🙂 Group leader of BAMM. (he/him) Mastοdοn: @mrifranz@mrtodon.net

Very nice collaboration with @mrifranz.bsky.social - all credits to you and your team!

Indeed :-)

Very nice summary again! However, FDG is used in PET scans, which is a different technique than MRI. In PET, radioactive tracers are used to visualize processes - in this case glucose. MRI does not use irradiation and is therefore more non-invasive. So the authors used PET and not MRI.

Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine

CALL FOR PAPERS on Deuterium Metabolic Imaging.
Are you working on DMI #MRI? Submit to the Special Issue on DMI of the official @ESMRMB journal MAGMA. Papers should be submitted before October 1st 2025 and will be published upon acceptance. link.springer.com/journal/1033...

Join us tomorrow, in this year's Love Your Data Week to talk about “Open Data in Musculoskeletal Imaging” presented by @serenabonaretti.bsky.social
@ritpau.bsky.social
and Simone Poncioni
Registration still open:
t.co/C77XLy0jfa
#imaging, #msk, #opendata

For my followers from Industry: there will be a TREAT-NMD masterclass aimed at people working in industry! It will cover all you need to know about Duchenne (care, pathology, genetics, therapeutic options, considerations for preclinical and clinical research etc)
www.tickettailor.com/events/treat...

Congrats! Important milestone.

Helpful guide to Bksy for newbies, courtesy of @jacoates.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1449...

Not that Google was ever good, but this cartoon is a good summary of now.

DMD - TREAT-NMD

During my week in Newcastle, I managed to update the DMD research overview, that focuses on therapeutic approaches approved/ in clinical development for DMD. It is aimed at families, using simple terms. Thanks to Laura Robertson for her help putting it online. www.treat-nmd.org/resources-an...

Spins and Twitches: Reproducible Imaging of Muscle Dynamics. Inaugural Lecture by Francesco Santini YouTube video by BAMM

It was an honor to give my inaugural lecture at the beautiful Natural History Museum of Basel! A talk about #reproducibilty and #MRI, for a new vision of research! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtJs...

Poster advertising the MYO-MRI+ conference, including the web address conference.myo-mri.eu and the abstract deadline of 6th June.

Hi BlueSky! This is the official page for the MYO-MRI+ conference on imaging in neuromuscular disease. It will take place from 9th-11th November 2025 in Berlin and will be hosted by the World Muscle Society. Follow along for updates.

Done Christmas Shopping? Or need inspiration what open MRI tools to get for your loved ones? After Black Friday and Cyber Monday, there is 🥁

#MRITogether Tuesday (and Wednesday-Thursday-Friday 😉). There is still time to register for our free online event mritogether.esmrmb.org/24m/registra...

Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️

So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?

We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary

#WomeninSTEM

www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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Patient in a scanner in a post about ways to reduce greenhouse emissions in radiology

"4 ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in #radiology"

www.auntminnie.com/practice-man...

I wonder how much #ClimateAction will be brought up at #RSNA24!

Not only chocolate, but also the season’s highlight: pepernoten! Or actually kruidnoten to be precise … enjoy!

UU-bestuur en decanen roepen op mee te demonstreren op 25 november Maandag 25 november is er de (uitgestelde) demonstratie tegen de bezuinigingen op het hoger onderwijs. Dit keer op het Malieveld in Den Haag tussen 13 en 15 uur. De dag erna wordt de petitie ‘Kabinet ...

Aanstaande maandag vindt in Den Haag het grote protest plaats tegen de bezuinigingen in het hoger onderwijs plaats. Bonden, actiegroepen en universiteiten hopen op hoge opkomst dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/uu...

ESR Survey on Gender Equality in Radiology Research Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

Equality and diversity are central to my work at the European Society of #Radiology, particularly in radiological research. Whatever your gender identity, radiology researchers please participate in this survey so that your voice is heard.
Deadline 9 December 👇 👇 👇 👇
www.surveymonkey.com/r/L9QNW2X

Hi Monica, could you add me? Thanks! www.lumc.nl/en/afdelinge...

La singular vida de Ibelin | Sitio oficial de Netflix Esta película recrea la vida secreta de un joven jugador de World of Warcraft cuyos amigos virtuales contactaron con su familia tras su fallecimiento.

I know I am biased, I read about Mats ( #Ibelin) years ago and I was touched.
I thought the movie might be hard to watch, but was actually uplifting...
I recomend it not just to people interested in #disability and #videogames, but also about social lives online

www.netflix.com/es/title/817...

On this dreary Friday afternoon it is good to think about exciting things that are coming, like the next "Imaging in Neruomuscular Disease Conference"! Happening in a little less then in a year in beautiful Berlin. For everyone interested in #MRI, #Imaging and #neuromusculardisease, save the date!

And I guess @oligogirl.bsky.social as well?

Could you add me to the pack? Thank you!

Hey Bluesky people! I want to invite you to attend the MRI Together workshop, a free virtual global event dedicated to fostering open, reproducible, and inclusive MR research generously supported by ESMRMB. This event will be held across multiple time zones between 3-6 December 2023.