THE FUTURE ROLE OF RADIOLOGISTS
The evolving role of the radiologist: service provider or diagnosis
decision maker ? The use of images produced by the radiology profession as a whole has increased more rapidly over the last couple of decades than any other component of medical care. A recent survey of physicians of all disciplines revealed that, out of a list of thirty relatively recent medical innovations (ranging from new therapeutic drugs through to surgical procedures), the innovation that, by a large margin, they considered to be of most importance to their patients was MRI and CT scanning. On the basis of such criteria, the current status of the discipline can thus be considered as nothing less than an out-and-out “success story”.
The paradox of modern radiology is that, despite this success, many radiolo- gists are today racked by doubts about what their exact role will be in the future.
Is the future of radiology going to be limited to the simple provision of images with more and more structural and functional information for other clinical specialists to interpret or will the radiologist be actively involved in clincial and diagnosis decision making.
At the recent ECR meeting, Bracco Imaging sponsored a panel discussion event where such issues were discussed by a panel of top European radiologists.
Moderated by Greg Freiherr of Diagnostic Imaging Europe, the panel discussion event sponsored by Bracco Imaging at the recent ECR meeting brought together top European radioloogists to debate the evolving role of the radiologist. Panel members were (L to R above) : Prof E. Merkle, Basel, Switzerland; Prof C. Catalano, Rome, Italy; Prof Y. Menu, Paris, France; G Freiherr; Prof. M Reiser, Munich, Germany; Dr J Kleijnen, York, UK; Prof A. Adam, London, UK; Prof C Herold, Vienna, Austria.
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