Exploring the Top Trends in Radiology Science and Education | RSNA 2024
Take a closer look at the RSNA 2024 science and education sessions highlighting the most talked about topics in the field
Medical imaging professionals and industry partners worldwide will gather in Chicago for RSNA 2024: Building Intelligent Connections. This year’s annual meeting theme emphasizes how building collaborative, intelligent connections between people and technology will raise the profile of radiology in the health care continuum and will redefine the ways we deliver care.
What can you expect at the world’s largest radiology forum this year? In addition to a captivating lineup of plenary speakers, RSNA 2024 will offer attendees the chance to experience an array of over 300 educational courses, more than 800 science paper presentations and nearly 3,400 education exhibits and science posters.
The Technical Exhibits halls will showcase 657 companies occupying nearly 400,000 sq. ft. of space who are ready to share their products and services with you. It will also be home to many industry presentations, events and learning opportunities, and will include 96 first-time exhibitors. Make time to immerse yourself and experience what these innovative companies have to share.
With so much to see and do at RSNA 2024, Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH, chair of the RSNA Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee (AMPPC) offers insights on the array of topics that will be covered to help attendees plan their meeting experience more effectively.
“Our committee consists of 20 subcommittees each with its own subchair and members,” Dr. Hanneman said. “They have worked diligently over the past year to build an exciting education program and identify an incredible amount of high-quality science to be presented at the meeting.”
Highlighting Environmental Sustainability
Dr. Hanneman offered recommendations on several hot topics from the accepted abstracts.
“I’m interested in novel data on energy and greenhouse gas emission measurements in radiology, clinical AI applications across the radiology workflow, and outcome data from large clinical trials,” Dr. Hanneman said.
A strong advocate for environmental sustainability in radiology, Dr. Hanneman expressed particular interest in sessions covering this emerging issue.
“I’m thrilled there are two dedicated education sessions directly related to environmental sustainability in medical imaging, both sponsored by the RSNA Professionalism Committee,” she said. “There is also a science session focused on this topic.”
Consider these sessions:
- Growing Green Radiology: Building Teams, Engaging Stakeholders, and Defining Measurements
- Planetary Health and Radiology: Actionable Steps to Decrease Our Environmental Impact
- Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging) Sustainability and Access to Care
“In addition to these sessions, one of four topics in RSNA’s late breaking call for cutting edge research abstracts includes environmental sustainability and I anticipate fantastic presentations in the Learning Center for a second consecutive year,” Dr. Hanneman said.
Other topics included in the call for cutting edge abstracts include multiomic and multicenter radiology AI, theranostics and low-field and mobile MRI.
Bringing AI Applications Into Focus
AI coverage continues to expand across most subspecialties. “As a cardiac radiologist, I’m very interested in AI applications to optimize data acquisition and make data analysis more efficient,” Dr. Hanneman said. “There is an incredible amount of content related to generative AI in the RSNA 2024 program, including both education and scientific sessions. More broadly, there are stand out abstracts and sessions related to the impact of AI on radiology workflows and the potential to harness large language models to accelerate research and improve communication.”
- A Custom GPT Can Effectively Answer Both Simple and Complex Questions Asked of Radiologists
- Novel Large Language Model System for Custom-Tailored Radiology Research Using Retrieval=Augmented Generation (RAG)
- The Impact of Large Language Model-Generated Radiology Report Summaries on Patient Comprehension: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Making Time for Non-Interpretive Sessions
Dr. Hanneman recommends that attendees explore the program and expand learning outside of imaging. “There are several other non-interpretive sessions, some sponsored by RSNA committees, that address timely and important topics for all attendees,” she said.
- Navigating the Job Market (Sponsored by the RSNA Resident and Fellow Committee)
- Role of Nonphysician Providers (NPP) in Radiology: Existential Threat or Unforeseen Opportunity? (Sponsored by the RSNA Professionalism Committee)
- Artificial Intelligence Empowered Radiology: Unleashing the Power of Language Models for an Intelligent Future
- Errors in Radiology: The Human Factor is the X-Factor (Sponsored by the RSNA Professionalism Committee and the RSNA Quality Improvement Committee)
“There is something for everyone at RSNA 2024, from education to research, networking and beyond,” Dr. Hanneman said. “Don’t miss this unmatched opportunity to earn CME while you learn and build your professional connections.”
Trends by Subspecialty Practice Area
Noninterpretive Skills (Beyond Imaging)
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Look for these additional trending topics in radiology.
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Kate Hanneman, MD, MPH, chair
Breast Imaging
Stamatia V. Destounis, MD, chair
Hiroyuki Abe, MD, PhD
Thomas H. Helbich, MD, MBA
Cherie M. Kuzmiak, DO
Vilert A. Loving, MMM, MD
Katja Pinker-Domenig, MD, PhD
Cardiac Imaging
Karen G. Ordovas, MD, MS, chair
Carole J. Dennie, FRCPC
Diana Litmanovich, MD
Michael F. Morris, MD
Ming-Yen Ng, BMBS, FRCR
Prabhakar Rajiah, MD, FRCR
Chest Imaging
Ioannis Vlahos, FRCR, chair
Saurabh Agarwal, MD
Kristopher W. Cummings, MD
Anastasia Oikonomou, MD, PhD
Claudio Silva, MD, MBA
Carol C. Wu, MD
Emergency Radiology Imaging
Manickam Kumaravel, MD, FRCR, chair
Krystal Archer-Arroyo, MD
Christina A. LeBedis, MD
Koenraad H. Nieboer, MD
Sameer B. Raniga, MD, FRCR
Claire K. Sandstrom, MD
Gastrointestinal Imaging
Courtney C. Moreno, MD, chair
Lauren M. Burke, MD
Aya Kamaya, MD
Avinash R. Kambadakone, FRCR
Jeong Min Lee, MD, PhD
Motoyo Yano, MD, PhD
Genitourinary Imaging
Antonio C. Westphalen, MD, PhD, chair
Tharakeswara K. Bathala, MD, MS
Silvia D. Chang, MD, FRCPC
Atul B. Shinagare, MD
Kerry L. Thomas, MD
Angela Tong, MD
Head & Neck Imaging
Hillary R. Kelly, MD, chair
Paul M. Bunch, MD
Luke N. Ledbetter, MD
Osamu Sakai, MD, PhD
Xin Wu, MD
David Zander, MD
Imaging Informatics
Christopher J. Roth, MD, chair
Imon Banerjee, PhD
Dania Daye, MD, PhD
Marta E. Heilbrun, MS
Felipe C. Kitamura, MD, PhD
Nina E. Kottler, MD, MS
Interventional Radiology
Rony Avritscher, MD, chair
Juan C. Camacho, MD
Florian J. Fintelmann, MD
Elika Kashef, FRCR
Gloria M. Salazar, MD
Lynn J. Savic, MD
Multisystem
Margarita V. Revzin, MD, MS, chair
Ichiro Ikuta, MD, MMedSc
Yuliya Lakhman, MD
Nariman Nezami, MD
Stacy E. Smith, MD
Sadhna Verma, MD
Musculoskeletal Imaging
Linda Probyn, MD, chair
Hillary W. Garner, MD
Andrew J. Grainger, MD
Soterios Gyftopoulos, MD, MBA
Emma L. Rowbotham, FRCR, MBBChir
Reto Sutter, MD
Neuroradiology
Achala S. Vagal, MD, chair
Hediyeh Baradaran, MD, MS
Peter G. Kranz, MD
Nancy Pham, MD
Luca Saba, MD
Max Wintermark, MD
Noninterpretive/Practice Management
Vinay Prabhu, MD, MS, chair
Matthew D. Bucknor, MD
Melissa A. Davis, MD, MBA
Jessica G. Fried, MD
Jeffrey G. Jarvik, MD, MPH
Saurabh Jha, MRCS
Kathryn P. Lowry, MD
Jay R. Parikh, MD, FRCPC
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging
Don C. Yoo, MD, chair
Esma A. Akin, MD
Pedram Heidari, MD
Phillip H. Kuo, MD, PhD
Helen R. Nadel, MD, FRCPC
Aileen O’Shea, MBBCh
OB/Gynecology Imaging
Liina Poder, MD, chair
Susan M. Ascher, MD, BS
Nicole M. Hindman, MD
Priyanka Jha, MBBS
Edward R. Oliver, MD, PhD
Elizabeth A. Sadowski, MD
Pediatric Imaging
Andrea S. Doria, PhD, chair
Teresa Chapman, MA
Emilio Inarejos Clemente, MD
Amy R. Mehollin-Ray, MD
Marcelo S. Takahashi, MD, PhD
Teresa Victoria, MD, PhD
Physics
Lifeng Yu, PhD, chair
James M. Kofler Jr, PhD
Ke Li, PhD
Zheng Feng Lu, PhD
Erin B. Macdonald, PhD
Ioannis Sechopoulos, PhD
Radiation Oncology
Anna Shapiro, MD, chair
Megan J. Kalambo, MD, BS
Simon S. Lo, MBChB
Suresh K. Mukherji, MD, MBA
Tarita O. Thomas, MD, PhD
Meng X. Welliver, MD, PhD
Vascular Imaging
Nicholas S. Burris, MD, chair
Bradley D. Allen, MD, MS
Jordi Broncano, MD
Brian B. Ghoshhajra, MD, MBA
Kacie Kuykendall, MD
Daniel Vargas, MD