Research in abdominal imaging – current status and trends at ECR 2020

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During the last decades, diagnostic radiology in general and abdominal imaging in particular have gone through substantial changes and developments. Hereby, a shift of paradigm could be observed from mere diagnostic assessment of pathological disorders to the evaluation (and even prediction) of therapeutic success based on imaging parameters. Furthermore, a quantitative tissue analysis of different organs based on multi-parametric imaging has become feasible. At the European Congress of Radiology (ECR) 2020, the latest research in abdominal imaging was presented in a total of seven scientific sessions. This editorial does not aim to give an all-encompassing summary of all scientific lectures. Rather, a subjective selection of highlights is presented with a focus on three main topics of abdominal imaging including (a) pancreatic imaging, (b) prediction of therapeutic success based on imaging features and (c) advances in order to optimize and shorten imaging protocols. …