Society Of Gastrointestinal Radiologists Research Articles

The Society of Abdominal Radiology at 10years: Reflections, status report, and look to the future.

In 2012, the Society of Abdominal Radiology (SAR) was formed by the merger of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) and the Society of Uroradiology (SUR). On the occasion of SAR's ten year anniversary, this commentary describes important changes in society structure, the growth and diversity of society membership, new educational and research initiatives, intersociety and international outreach, and plans for the future.

Highlights from the Abdominal Radiology Course, February 16–21, 2003, Cancun, Mexico

The 32nd Annual Post-Graduate Course and Annual Scientific Meeting of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) and 28th Scientific Assembly of the Society of Uroradiology (SUR) held their combined meeting under the umbrella of the Abdominal Radiology Course (ARC 2003) February 16–21, 2003, in Cancun, Mexico. The meeting was attended by approximately 508 participants, which included members and non-members of both societies. There were 438 participants from North America, 40 from Europe and 16 from Asia. The meeting was partly supported by 16 vendors. The SGR and the SUR had separate scientific research paper presentations on the first day of the meeting. There were 30 such oral presentations made at the SGR session and 28 presentations at the session of the SUR. As the two sessions were presented in adjacent ballrooms, it was nice to move from one to another to view presentations of interest to the individual. The SGR gave the Wylie J. Dodds Research Award to the group from the University of California at San Francisco for their innovative work on ‘Non-Invasive Evaluation of Pathology and Prediction of Outcome in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: Role of MR Imaging and Spectroscopy’. The SUR gave its top paper award to the group from the University of Michigan for its work on ‘Multidetector CT Urography of Upper Tract Uroepithelial Malignancy’. There were a total of 55 main course lectures of which 23 were devoted to oncological imaging and included state-of-the-art imaging techniques with CT, MR and PET in the detection, staging and treatment of various neoplasms. There were also a total of 47 workshops of which 34 were dedicated to imaging and treatment of malignant neoplasms of the abdomen and pelvis. Several members of ICIS took part in the meeting as speakers for the workshops and the main course lectures. State-of-the-art imaging techniques in the diagnosis of renal, prostate, and urothelial malignancies were discussed in the SUR part of the meeting. The SGR had a special session on the detection and staging of colorectal cancer including virtual colonoscopy. There was also a special lecture on the role of whole-body screening using CT and MR for the detection of a variety of malignancies, especially lung and colorectal cancer.

Conference Scene: The Abdominal Radiology Course 2010

The Abdominal Radiology Course (ARC) 2010 was held on 21–26 February 2010 at the Omni Orlando Resort at Champions Gate, Orlando, FL, USA. The course was presented jointly by the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists (SGR) and the Society of Uroradiology (SUR) and was held in conjunction with the annual meeting and scientific assembly of both societies. I offer my overview from the point of view of a registrant, an SGR member and a workshop presenter. The course remains the academic, scientific and clinical highlight for those radiologists who identify themselves as gastrointestinal and genitourinary radiologists.

Virtual colonoscopy

Computed tomographic colonography (CTC) is a safe and reliable imaging examination of the colon interpreted by radiologists. First described by Vining and colleagues 1 Vining DJ Gelfand DW Non-invasive colonoscopy using helical CT scanning, 3D reconstruction and virtual reality. Syllabus: 23rd annual meeting. Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, Maui, Hawaii1994 Google Scholar in 1994, the technique developed from the need for a noninvasive screening examination for colon cancer that would be more acceptable to patients than conventional colonoscopy. CTC is done after colonic cleansing. Air or CO2 is insufflated through a rectal catheter. Prone and supine helical thin-section CT scans of the abdomen and pelvis during a breath-hold are obtained, and three-dimensional reconstructions are made. Th Gluecker and colleagues 2 Gluecker Th Dorta G Keller W Jornod P Meuli R Schnyder P Performance of multidetector computed tomography colonography compared with conventional colonoscopy. Gut. 2002; 51: 207-211 Crossref PubMed Scopus (48) Google Scholar recently compared CTC with conventional colonoscopy in 50 patients with a history of polyps or colon cancer, unexplained abdominal pain, or iron-deficiency anaemia. Sensitivity for detecting lesions of 10 mm or larger was 82% with CTC compared with conventional colonoscopy. These and other 3 Macari M Bini EJ Xue X et al. Colorectal neoplasms: prospective comparison of thin section low dose multidetector row CT colonography and conventional colonoscopy for detection. Radiology. 2002; 224: 383-392 Crossref PubMed Scopus (203) Google Scholar data show that multidetector helical CT performs well in detection of polyps that are 10 mm or greater.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists: its future and relevance.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists: its future and relevance.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists: 21st annual meeting, February 1992.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists: 21st annual meeting, February 1992.

The Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists: 20th annual meeting, February 1991.

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Inaugural Meeting of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists

Inaugural Meeting of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists

Performance of barium examinations after acute myocardial infarction: report of a survey.

A survey of members of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists was conducted to ascertain the standards of practice and timing for elective barium studies of the gastrointestinal tract in patients recovering from acute myocardial infarction. Sixty-two percent of respondents do not have cardiac monitoring apparatus readily available in the fluoroscopy suite. When readily available, such equipment is rarely (42%) or never (58%) used during routine barium examinations. Twenty-four percent of respondents take special precautions when performing examinations on these patients by reducing patient movement, the length of the examination, and the number of radiographs exposed, and by employing cardiac monitoring. Seventy-two (89%) of 81 respondents noted at least one adverse cardiovascular reaction. This was most often chest pain, but there were 10 deaths from cardiac causes. Two-thirds of respondents delay elective barium examinations of any kind for at least 4 weeks after acute myocardial infarction. The remaining one-third perform these studies earlier than 4 weeks. The latter typically limit their studies to the upper gastrointestinal tract (82%), 42% of which are single-contrast; the rest are equally divided between double-contrast and biphasic studies. This minority of radiologists is twice as likely to perform a single-contrast barium enema than a double-contrast barium enema during this period. No such preference for single-contrast (47%) over double-contrast (53%) barium enema is revealed by the majority who delay their elective barium enemas 4 or more weeks. The data indicate a strong preference to defer elective barium examinations a minimum of 4 weeks after acute myocardial infarction. A sizable minority (one-third) of radiologists, however, feel comfortable performing a single-contrast upper gastrointestinal examination at an earlier time.

Society of gastrointestinal radiologists' Fourteenth Annual Meeting

Society of gastrointestinal radiologists' Fourteenth Annual Meeting

Abstracts Papers presented at the Eleventh Annual Session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 1, 1981, Boca Raton, Florida

Abstracts Papers presented at the Eleventh Annual Session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 1, 1981, Boca Raton, Florida

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Selected cases from the film interpretation session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 6–11, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Eleventh Annual Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists Meeting

Eleventh Annual Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists Meeting

The eighth annual session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 11, 1979, Williamsburgh, Virginia. Abstracts.

The eighth annual session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 11, 1979, Williamsburgh, Virginia. Abstracts.

Abstracts The Ninth Annual Session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 7, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Abstracts The Ninth Annual Session of the Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists, October 7, 1980, Maui, Hawaii

Society of gastrointestinal radiologists— annual postgraduate course and scientific meeting

Society of gastrointestinal radiologists— annual postgraduate course and scientific meeting

Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists

Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists

Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists

Society of Gastrointestinal Radiologists