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Aims and Scope

The youngest journal of the ESR Journals Family is a fully open access journal, owned by the European Society of Radiology and edited by Editor in Chief, Prof. Francesco Sardanelli (Milan, Italy).

European Radiology Experimental focuses on research from new techniques and experimental settings, that might soon influence clinical radiology. Its goal is to provide a forum open not only to radiologists, nuclear physicians, or radiation therapists but also to other professionals such as physicists, biologists, chemists, bioengineers, and biomathematicians, and many more.

All articles are immediately available upon publication which fosters a wider collaboration and increased citations.

 

Editor in Chief

Prof. Francesco Sardanelli, MD, PhD, University of Milan, Research Hospital Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
editor@er-x.org

Prof. Francesco Sardanelli is Director of the Department of Radiology at the Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato in Milan.

He is a long-time and active member of the European Society of Radiology and served as president of the European Society of Breast Imaging (EUSOBI) from 2012 to 2015. Additionally, he is the Director of the European Network for the Assessment of Imaging in Medicine (EuroAIM) of the European Institute for Biomedical Imaging and Research (EIBIR). He has co-authored more than 500 full articles, 8 books and 57 book chapters on a large spectrum of topics including breast, cardiovascular, neuro, body, musculoskeletal radiology as well as methodological issues. He has been professor of Radiology at the University of Milan from 2006 to 2023, President of the Ethics Committee of the Ospedale San Raffaele/Lombardia 1 from 2022 to 2024.

Honors: Gold Medal 2021 (European Society of Radiology) and Gold Medal 2023 (European Society of Breast Imaging).

Deputy Editor

Akos Varga-Szemes, MD, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States

Advisory Editorial Board

European Society of Breast Imaging
Ritse Mann, PhD, MD, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

European Society of Cardiovascular Radiology
Prof. Luigi Natale, MD, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

European Society of Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology
Marc Zins, MD, Hôpital Saint-Joseph, Paris, France

European Society of Head and Neck Radiology
Steve Connor, MD, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom

European Society for Hybrid, Molecular and Translational Imaging
Prof. Dr. med. Johannes Rübenthaler, MHBA, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Munich, Germany

European Society of Medical Imaging Informatics
Erik Ranschaert, PhD, MD, St. Nikolaus Hospital, Eupen, Belgium

European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology
Luca Sconfienza, PhD, MD, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

European Society of Neuroradiology
Prof. Luigi Manfré, MD, Institute of Oncology in Mediterranean I.O.M., Catania, Italy

European Society of Oncologic Imaging
Prof. Dr. med. Heinz-Peter Schlemmer, PhD, MD, German Cancer Research Centre, Heidelberg, Germany

European Society of Thoracic Imaging
Asst. Prof. Anna Rita Larici, MD, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

European Society of Urogenital Radiology
Marie-France Bellin, MD, Hôpital Bicêtre, Villejuif, France

Scientific Editorial Board

Section: Artificial Intelligence
Carlo Cavedon,
 MD, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy
Marina Codari, PhD, Head of Clinical Evidence, Arterys, San Francisco, United States
Filippo Pesapane, MD, IEO European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy
Christian Salvatore, PhD, Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia, Italy & DeepTrace Technologies, Milan, Italy
Prof. Angelo Taibi, University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy

 

Section: Biomathematics and computer modelling
Prof. Peter M.A. van Ooijen, Groningen University Hospital, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

Section: Contrast materials, tracers and theranostics
Andrea Cozzi, MD, PhD, Repubblica e Cantone Ticino Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
Prof. Philippe C. Douek, MD, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

 

Section: Experimental models of human disease
Prof. Fabian Kießling, MD, RWTH Aachen, Aachen, Germany

 

Section: Information technology, big data, image reconstruction and post-processing 
Prof. Matthias Dietzel, MD, MHBA, Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Fabio Galbusera, MD, Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
Asst. Prof. Muhammad Umair Ahmad Khan, UET Lahore Narowal Campus, Narowal, Pakistan
Domenico Mastrodicasa, MD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States
John W. Nance, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, United States
Evelina Nazarova, MD, Dmitry Rogachev National Medical Research Center of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology and Immunology, Moscow, Russian Federation
Mariaelena Occhipinti, MD, PhD, Department of Biomedical, Experimental and Clinical Sciences, University of Florence, Italy

 

Section: Imaging biomarkers, radiomics, radiogenomics, and imaging biobanks
Muneeb Z. Ahmed, MD, FSIR, Harvard Medical School, Boston, United States
Assoc. Prof. Pascal Baltzer, MD, PhD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Maximilian Bauer, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
Anna Colarieti, MD, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Renato Cuocolo, MD, PhD, University of Salerno, Baronissi, Italy
Tilman Emrich, MD, EBCR, FSCMR, Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany
Mansoor Fatehi, MD, CIIP, Brain Mapping Biobank, National Brain Mapping Laboratory, Teheran, Iran
Prof. Eduardo F.C. Fleury, MD, PhD, Santa Casa de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Elisabeth A. Morris, MD, PhD, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, United States
Prof. Emanuele Neri, MD, Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Stefania Rizzo, MD, Istituto di Imaging della Svizzera Italiana (IIMSI) – Ente Ospedaliero Cantonale, Lugano, Switzerland
Luca Roccatagliata, MD, Università degli Studi di Genova, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy
Asst. Prof. Marly van Assen, Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Atlanta, United States

 

Section: Interventional
Assoc. Prof. Edit Dósa, Heart and Vascular Center, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
Anna Maria Ierardi, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Ca’ Granda, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy
Lorenzo Monfardini, MD, Interventional Radiology Unit, Fondazione Poliambulanza, Brescia, Italy
Luca Sconfienza, PhD, MD,Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy

 

 

Section: Metabolic and functional imaging
Moritz Albrecht, MD, University Hospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Tommaso D’Angelo, MD, “G. Martino” University Hospital, Messina, Italy
Fabao Gao, PhD, Sichuan University West China Hospital, Sichuan, China
Franca Podo, MD, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

 

Section: Methodology and statistics
Federico Ambrogi, MD, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Giovanni Di Leo, MD, Research Hospital (IRCCS) Policlinico San Donato, Milan, Italy
Caterina Beatrice Monti, MD, PhD, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

 

Section: Molecular and hybrid imaging
Paola Anna Erba, MD, PhD, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
Prof. Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans, Groningen University Medical Center, Groningen, The Netherlands
Prof. Thomas H. Helbich, MD, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Konstantin Nikolaou, MD, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Riemer H.J.A. Slart, MD, PhD, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

 

Section: Novel imaging modalities/techniques
Martin Beeres, MD, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
Gianmarco Della Pepa, MD, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy
Assoc. Prof. Rossano Girometti, MD, University of Udine, Udine, Italy
Fleur Kilburn-Toppin, MD, MA MB BChir FRCR, Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Anna Palmisano, MD, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, School of Medicine “Vita Salute” San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
Simone Schiaffino, MD, Radiology Unit, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Italy
Prof. Jaap Stoker, MD, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

 

Section: Radiobiology, radioprotection, and physics in radiology
Patrizia Cornacchione,
 Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
Nicolas Foray, MD, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Lyon, Lyon, France
Gisella Gennaro, MD, Veneto Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Padova, Italy
Prof. Daniela Origgi, MD, IEO, European Institute of Oncology, IRCCS, Milan, Italy