Geriatric radiology: a call to action for a new approach to diagnostic imaging for elderly and frail patients

Julian Dobranowski¹, Kate Hanneman², Ania Kielar², Katharine Halliday³, Stephen Harden⁴, Oliver Reichardt⁵, Noriko Aida⁶, Masahiro Jinzaki⁷, Noryiuki Tomiyama⁸, Marie-France Bellin⁹, Alain Luciani¹⁰, Jean-Pierre Tasu^{11

12}, Konstantin Nikolaou¹³, Christiane Kuhl¹⁴, Isabelle Redenius¹⁵, Nicoletta Gandolfo¹⁶, Emanuele Neri¹⁷, Andrea Giovagnoni¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² University Medical Imaging Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁵ The Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK.
⁶ Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
⁷ Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
⁹ University Hospital Bicêtre, University Paris-Saclay, BioMaps, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
¹⁰ Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
¹¹ Department of Diagnosis and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
¹² LaTIM, INSERM UMR 1101, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UBO, Brest, France.
¹³ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Aachen, UKA, Aachen, Germany.
¹⁵ Evidia MVZ, Braunschweig, Germany.
¹⁶ S.C. Radiologia e Dip. Diagnostica per Immagini, ASL 3, Genova, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Radiology, AOU delle Marche, Polytechnical University Marche, Via Conca 7, Ancona, Italy. a.giovagnoni@univpm.it.

PMID: 39954192
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-025-01959-3

Editorial

Geriatric radiology: a call to action for a new approach to diagnostic imaging for elderly and frail patients

Julian Dobranowski et al. Radiol Med. 2025 Jan.

. 2025 Jan;130(1):1-3.

doi: 10.1007/s11547-025-01959-3. Epub 2025 Feb 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada.
² University Medical Imaging Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
³ Nottingham University Hospitals, Nottingham, UK.
⁴ University Hospital Southampton, Southampton, UK.
⁵ The Royal College of Radiologists, London, UK.
⁶ Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan.
⁷ Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan.
⁸ Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan.
⁹ University Hospital Bicêtre, University Paris-Saclay, BioMaps, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
¹⁰ Hopitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Créteil, France.
¹¹ Department of Diagnosis and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Poitiers, Poitiers, France.
¹² LaTIM, INSERM UMR 1101, Université de Bretagne Occidentale, UBO, Brest, France.
¹³ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany.
¹⁴ Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Aachen, UKA, Aachen, Germany.
¹⁵ Evidia MVZ, Braunschweig, Germany.
¹⁶ S.C. Radiologia e Dip. Diagnostica per Immagini, ASL 3, Genova, Italy.
¹⁷ Department of Translational Research, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
¹⁸ Department of Radiology, AOU delle Marche, Polytechnical University Marche, Via Conca 7, Ancona, Italy. a.giovagnoni@univpm.it.

PMID: 39954192
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-025-01959-3

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Conflict of interest statement

Declarations. Conflict of interest: A. Giovagnoni is the Honorary Editor; N. Gandolfo and E. Neri are Scientific Editorial Board Members of “La radiologia medica”. They have not taken part in the review or selection process of this article. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests related to this article.

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