RSNA in Brief—Q1 2025

Abstract Submissions Continue for RSNA 2025

Abstract submissions are open for RSNA 2025. A variety of presentation types provide meeting attendees with wide-ranging opportunities to learn. Abstracts are welcomed in the following formats: scientific presentation, education exhibit and quality improvement report.

RSNA recognizes top presentations with the following awards.

• Kuo York Chynn neuroradiology research award
• Trainee research prizes
• Education exhibit awards
• Quality improvement report awards
• Scientific poster awards

Travel awards are also available. Abstracts may be submitted online by May 7, noon CT.

RSNA Signs Letter to Protect Research Funding

RSNA joined more than 600 biomedical and health research stakeholder organizations in urging congressional leadership to provide robust funding for the NIH and to preserve protections against harmful research policy changes. RSNA continues to work with our policy and advocacy partners, including Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), American College of Radiology (ACR) and Research America Alliance, to address the issues that impact health care. Read the letter.

RSNA & the Academy Co-Sponsor Research Roundtable

In March, RSNA partnered with the Academy for Radiology & Biomedical Imaging (the Academy) to co-sponsor the 2025 Academy Medical Imaging Research Roundtable Discussion and Medical Technology Showcase at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. RSNA board member Pari Pandharipande, M.D. participated as a discussion leader for the event.

The Research Roundtable convenes academia, industry and government agencies to foster collaboration and identify research gaps and priorities. The goal is to create a deeper understanding of mutual worlds and how academia, industry, and government agencies can collaborate more effectively together, beyond commercial transactions, and be more impactful for the betterment of the radiological research community.

RSNA Offers Grant Writing Skills Course

Applications are now being accepted for the Advanced Course in Grant Writing (AGW), a course designed to help participants prepare and submit a National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation or equivalent grant application. Accepted participants are responsible for travel expenses for each in-person session. Hotel accommodations will be provided by RSNA. There are no course fees. AGW, held at RSNA headquarters in Oak Brook, IL, will consist of four 1½-day sessions:

• Session I – Sept. 11-12 (in person)
• Session II – Nov. 6-7 (virtual)
• Session III – Feb. 5-6, 2026 (virtual)
• Session IV – Apr. 2-3, 2026 (in person)

Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop

Attendees will develop protocols for the clinical evaluation of imaging modalities during the six-day Clinical Trials Methodology Workshop to be held January 10-16, 2026, at the Wyndham Grand Jupiter, Harbourside Place, in Jupiter, Florida. Each attendee will be expected to develop a protocol for a clinical study, ready to include in an application for external funding.

Participants will be selected through a competitive application process. Successful applicants will participate in advance preparation, didactic sessions, one-on-one mentoring, small-group discussions, self-study and individual protocol development. There are no workshop fees. Participants are responsible for all travel expenses and hotel accommodations. Application deadline is July 15, 2025.

RSNA Open Access Journal Explores the Best of 2024

Radiology Advances is recognizing the most impactful papers published in 2024 to highlight their excellence and influence in furthering scientific research of medical imaging. Read the papers in Radiology Advances best of 2024 collection. Published in partnership with Oxford University Press, Radiology Advances showcases cutting-edge medical imaging research, from emerging technologies to the clinical innovations shaping the future of radiology and patient care. Led by Susanna I. Lee, M.D., Ph.D., and an international board of experts spanning over 20 subspecialties, the journal offers a rigorous double-anonymized peer review process to uphold the highest standards of research.

QIBA Profile Library Open to All

Medical imaging professionals can ensure greater precision and reliability in their work with profiles available in a library developed by members of the Quantitative Imaging Biomarkers Alliance (QIBA). The profile library is a repository for quantitative imaging protocols for CT, MRI, ultrasound and nuclear medicine, written and vetted by members of the radiology community. Access the profile library at QIBAwiki.RSNA.org and select QIBA Profiles from the bulleted list.

Medical Imaging Resource for AI

The RSNA Medical Imaging Resource for AI (MIRA) data repository provides annotated medical imaging data sets to support AI-focused research. MIRA's datasets were assembled for RSNA's ongoing series of AI challenge competitions and are made available at no cost for non-commercial research. Data sets published on MIRA include:

• RSNA Intracranial Hemorrhage Detection (RSNA-IHD)
• RSNA Pulmonary Embolism Detection (RSNA-PED)
• RSNA Screening Mammography Breast Cancer Detection (RSNA-SMBC)
• RSNA Cervical Spine Fracture Detection (RSNA-CSF)
• RSNA Abdominal Traumatic Injury CT (RATIC)

Registration Opens for Istanbul Spotlight Course

Registration is open for "Expert Insights on Emergency and Abdominopelvic Imaging," an RSNA Spotlight Course, to be held June 28-29, 2025, in Istanbul, Türkiye. The two-day course, supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), aims to help participants improve diagnostic speed and accuracy. Attendees will learn about current concepts and common pitfalls in image interpretation of abdominopelvic pathology and common applications of MRI in the emergency department.