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1970—The IXth SNR—Göteborg/SE—Ingmar Wickbom
Under the Presidency of Prof. Ingmar Wickbom, the IXth SNR returned to Sweden,
in the city of Gothenborg (Göteborg), from 24 to 29 August 1970. The announcement published in Radiology (June 1969) indicated that the SNR would deal mainly
with the following subjects: hydrocephalus, brain atrophy, and cerebral spinal uid
circulation; the central nervous system in the perinatal period (normal and developmental disturbances); advances in ultrasound and diagnostic isotope methods; cerebral angiography, physiologic and anatomic aspects; radiobiology of the nervous
system; use of the proton beam in therapy of the brain; and radiological examinations of the spinal canal. Round table discussions would be arranged on the factors
inuencing the development of hydrocephalus and how to determine “brain death.”
Papers dealing with other subjects would also be accepted. There were to be scientic as well as technical exhibits in connection with the meeting.
Prof. Ingmar Wickbom served as the head of one of the two departments of
general radiology at Shalgrens Hospital (Shalgrenska Sjukhuset), Gothenburg,
Sweden. He had been a student of Prof. Erik Lindgren in Stockholm, and he was
well prepared to meet the needs of the newly opened department of neurology and
neurosurgery. Wickbom was a pioneer in the technique of electronic subtraction,
most useful with angiography and now almost indispensable in interventional
neuroradiology, which he developed in a collaboration with Henry Wallmann, an
American-born professor of medical electronics at Chalmer’s Technical Institute
in Gothenburg. Wallman and Wickbom were the rst to combine television technology with the image intensier to allow roentgen screening in daylight.
Wickbom became professor of general radiology in 1968. He resigned in 1973
and moved to the USA.
1974—The Xth SNR—Punta del Este/UY—Néstor Azambuja
For the Xth edition, in 1974, the SNR moved to Uruguay. It was the rst SNR meeting in the Southern Hemisphere and only the second on the American continent.
The Xth SNR in Punta del Este was organised and presided over by Dr. Néstor
Azambuja. It was attended by 400 neuroradiologists from all around the world. The
Presidency of the Xth SNR had been awarded to Dr. Néstor Azambuja, since he had
been admitted in 1957 as a foreign resident at the Seraphimer Hospital in Stockholm,
under the direction of Prof. Erik Lindgren. The choice of Punta del Este was an
interesting albeit an audacious one. The 1970s were a politically turbulent period in
Uruguay, characterised by social unrest and by the rise of leftist guerrilla movements and subsequent government crackdowns. However, Punta del Este, where the
Xth SNR was held, was a haven of peace and prosperity: it was (and still is) an
afuent resort on Uruguay’s Atlantic coast with pristine beaches and a vibrant cultural life.
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Dr. Néstor Azambuja had a background in neurosurgery and radiology. He
was an alumnus of the Swedish School of Neuroradiology. Upon his return to
Uruguay, he worked as a neuroradiologist at the Neurology Institute in
Montevideo and the Hospital Británico (British Hospital), where the rst Lysholm
table in Montevideo was installed. He was afliated with the University of
Montevideo where he eventually held the Chair of Radiology. In Montevideo,
Néstor Azambuja created one of the most important schools of neuroradiology in
Latin America. He described “central ventriculography,” as an important tool for
the diagnosis of posterior fossa tumours in the pre-CT era. He advocated the use
of small quantities of air, without removing CSF, a technique that became known
as “fractional pneumoencephalography.”
1978—The XIth SNR—Wiesbaden/DE—Sigurd Wende
The XIth SNR was organised in Wiesbaden by Prof. Sigurd Wende, from 4 to 10
June 1978. The Proceedings were published by Springer Verlag in 1978, as a 646page document (ISBN-10: 3540087826; ISBN-13: 978-3540087823). Wiesbaden is
a picturesque city nestled in the heart of Germany’s Rhine-Main region, known for
its stylish architecture, lush parks, and historic thermal baths. It has a reputation as
an elegant spa town, attracting visitors seeking relaxation and rejuvenation. For
international congress delegates, Wiesbaden was very easy to reach, thanks to its
proximity to the international Frankfurt am Main Airport.
The president of the XIth SNR, Prof. Sigurd Wende graduated in medicine in 1952
from the Free University of Berlin. He became Medical Assistant at the Neurological
and Psychiatric Hospital of the Free University of Berlin and was certied as a specialist in neurology and psychiatry in 1958. In 1959, he worked under the guidance of
Professor Lindgren at the Seraphimer Hospital of Stockholm. In 1962, he was admitted as a University Lecturer in Berlin and travelled as the recipient of a Henry Ford
Foundation stipend to spend a year in the United States of America, where he worked
with Prof. Juan Taveras in Neuroradiology at the Neurological Institute of the
Columbia Presbyterian University, NewYork; with Dr. Robins at the Department of
Radiology of the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, and with Dr. Morgan at the
Department of Radiology of Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore. Between 1952 and
1989, Sigurd Wende published 192 papers on neuroradiological, general radiological,
and neurological subjects and was the co-author of 12 books. His research on brain
tumours was exemplary, and he worked generally as a member of a multidisciplinary
team (neurologist, neurosurgeon, and neuropathologist).
When Prof. Sigurd Wende was elected to the Presidency of the XIth SNR, the
decision was made in recognition of his original research and organisational abilities. The SNR in Wiesbaden in 1978 was an outstandingly good meeting, memora-
ble for the rigour of the method of blind selection of oral presentations, the beautiful
opera house, the boat trip on the Rhine and a nightingale that sang daily in the
sunshine beside one of the busy roads.
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1982—The XIIth SNR—Washington DC/US—Giovanni Di Chiro
The XIIth SNR took place in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States of
America. Italian-born Professor Giovanni Di Chiro (1926–1997) served as president, and Hillier L.Baker, Jr. as vice president of the XIIth SNR in Washington,
D.C.It was the second of the symposia to be held in North America. The meeting
occurred during the Reagan presidency, with the continuing arms race with the
Soviet Union in the background, in the waning years of the Cold War. Geopolitically,
the year 1982 was characterised by the short but erce Falklands War, which had
erupted between Argentina and the United Kingdom.
Prof. Giovanni Di Chiro had graduated as a medical doctor from the University
of Naples but spent most of his professional life living and working abroad, rst in
Sweden, afterwards in the United States of America. Between 1949 and 1953, he
had trained as a neuroradiologist in Stockholm in various hospitals such as the
Seramerlassarettet and Sodersjukhuset, which were afliated with the Karolinska
University. In 1953, he moved to the United States, working at Boston City Hospital
on a 6-month Fullbright Fellowship. He returned to Italy, where he established the
radiology departments of the Neurological Institute of the University of Naples and
the St. Mary’s Hospital in Aversa. In October 1957, he returned to the United States
of America, to Washington, D.C.He was offered a staff position at the National
Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), which is a part of the US
National Institutes of Health (NIH). Very quickly after his appointment, he established what became known as the NINDS Neuroimaging Branch in 1958. In 1977,
he founded the Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography (“JCAT”), one of the
major scientic publications in cross-sectional imaging.
In 1982, the president, Giovanni Di Chiro, and the vice president, Hillier
L.Baker, Jr., of the XIIth Symposium Neuroradiologicum established an important innovation, the Fellowship Awards, which would rst be presented at the
XIIIth Symposium in Stockholm, for the best original work by a radiologist
relating to the application of radiology and radiologic science to the study of
the nervous system. The XIIth SNR marked the rst time that the neuroradio-
logical community had been exposed to magnetic resonance images (MRI) of
the brain; this technique would come to dominate diagnostic neuroradiology in
future years. A selection of the abstracts that were presented during the XIIth
Symposium Neuroradiologicum, October 10–16, 1982, in Washington, D.C.,
was published in Radiology in September 1982 (Abstracts for presentation at
XII symposium neuroradiologicum, October 10–16, 1982, Washington,
D.C.Radiology 1982 144:4, 943–962).
Prof. Giovanni Di Chiro was one of the true giants of neuroradiology. He was a
talented and inquisitive researcher, best known for his groundbreaking contributions
to diagnostic neuroradiology, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance
imaging.
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1986—The XIIIth SNR—Stockholm/SE—Torgny Greitz
Under the presidency of Prof. Torgny Greitz, the XIIIth SNR returned to Sweden for
the third time, and to Stockholm for the second time, after 1952. Prof. Torgny
Greitz, a graduate of the Stockholm School of Neuroradiology at the Seraphimer
Hospital, quickly became a well-known neuroradiologist. In 1956, he spent a year
at Washington University in St. Louis to practise and teach neuroradiology at the
famous Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology. He returned to Sweden and would later
become the chief of the Department of Neuroradiology at the Karolinska Hospital.
He was a leader in the development of clinical applications of computed tomography (CT) and positron-emission tomography (PET).
The XIIIth SNR was held in Stockholm, Sweden, from 23 to 28 June 1986.
For me personally, it was the rst SNR meeting I attended; I remember that the
weather was beautiful, with long days and short nights. The meeting featured
fascinating presentations, lectures, and workshops, covering a wide range of topics related to neuroradiology. Attendees had the opportunity to exchange ideas,
share research ndings, and collaborate on innovative approaches to diagnosing
and treating neurological disorders. A new feature was the Fellowship Awards,
which had been established in 1982 in Washington, D.C., by the president,
Giovanni Di Chiro, and the vice president, Hillier L.Baker, Jr., of the XIIth
SNR.The rst awards were presented at the XIIIth Symposium in Stockholm, for
the best original work by a radiologist relating to application of radiology and
radiologic science to the study of the nervous system. The recipients of these rst
Fellowship Awards were:
• Isabelle Berry, University of Toulouse, France, and University of California, San
Francisco
• Robert R.Edelman, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
• Gerald O’Reilly, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
The award winners received a round-trip airfare to Stockholm, 3days per diem,
a cash prize, and a diploma. In addition, the contributions presented by Dr.
T. Yamaguchi etal., and Drs J.B. Rubin and D.R.Enzman were selected for an
honourable mention, receiving a cash award and a diploma. Yamaguchi.
The Proceedings of the XIIIth Symposium Neuroradiologicum were published
as a voluminous 774-page supplement to Acta Radiologica (XIII Symposium
Neuroradiologicum. Stockholm, June 23–28, 1986. Acta Radiol Suppl. 1986;
369:1–774. PMID: 2908789). This was in contradistinction to the previous, XIIth
SNR, for which only a small selection (20 pages) of abstracts had been published in
Radiology (Abstracts for presentation at XII symposium neuroradiologicum,
October 10–16, 1982, Washington, D.C. Radiology 1982 144:4, 943–962). The
XIIIth SNR played an important role in shaping the future direction of research and
clinical practice in neuroradiology, leaving a lasting impact on everyone who
attended the meeting.
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1990—The XIVth SNR—London—Edward Philip George Houssemayne du Boulay
Professor George Houssemayne du Boulay was honoured by the prestigious invitation to be the president of the XIVth SNR, which took place in London from 17 to
23 June 1990. It was a testimony to the enormous personal respect in which he was
held by the world’s leading academic neuroscientists. It was the second time that the
SNR visited London. The Proceedings of the XIVth SNR were published in a hardcover volume, edited by Profs. George du Boulay, Andrew Molyneux, and Ivan
Moseley.
Prof. George du Boulay was one of Britain’s leading neuroradiologists, and—
interestingly—he was also a world-famous veterinary radiologist. During the
Second World War years, he had been a medical student at King’s College, London,
and Charing Cross Hospital Medical School, qualifying in 1945. George du Boulay
had a privileged professional relationship with Prof. James Bull, who was his senior,
and who had served as the convenor for the IVth SNR in London in 1955. Despite
their difference in age, they were close friends. When Prof. James Bull retired in
1975 from Queen Square, Prof. George du Boulay succeeded him as director. A
year later was awarded the rst academic chair in neuroradiology in Britain, at the
Institute of Neurology. He served as the director of the famous Lysholm radiological department at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Queen
Square, London until his retirement in 1985. His department was a veritable incubator for talent and ideas; it catalysed the careers of an entire generation of neuroradiologists from all parts of the world.
Prof. George du Boulay also served as the editor-in-chief for Neuroradiology.
When the four-yearly SNR was to be held in London in 1990, he was the obvious
choice as president, even though this event arrived at a relatively late stage of his
illustrious career.
1994—The XVth SNR—Kumamoto/JP— Mutsumasa Takahashi
Japanese neuroradiology received the great international honour of hosting the
XVth SNR in Kumamoto from 25 September to 1 October 1994 under the Presidency
of Prof. Mutsumasa Takahashi. It was the rst such event to be held in Asia. More
than 1200 delegates convened to discuss the most recent developments, including
interventional neuroradiology, functional imaging, MRI contrast media, new techniques in MRI, iodinated contrast media, and other topics. The proceedings were
published in a hardcover volume, edited by Profs. Mutsumasa Takahashi, Yukunori
Korogi, and Ivan Moseley.
The XVth SNR was held in Kumamoto, a city on the southern Japanese island of
Kyushu, rich in culture and history. Kyushu is known for its natural beauty, and
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offers spectacular vistas of mount Aso, one of the largest active volcanoes in the
world. Though Kumamoto is a growing and modern city, it still retains its traditional
charm and historical signicance.
The president of the XVth SNR was Prof. Mutsumasa Takahashi. In 1960, he had
graduated as a medical doctor from Kyushu University at Fukuoka. He became one
of the founding board members of the Japanese Society of Neuroradiology, which
had been formed in 1972, at Noguchi Hideyo Memorial Hall in Tokyo. In 1980, he
was appointed as professor and chairman of radiology at Kumamoto University
School of Medicine. He held this position until 2001 when he became professor
emeritus.
Professor Takahashi was a prolic author and served as an editor-in-chief of
Neuroradiology.
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1998—The XVIth SNR—Philadelphia/PA, USA—Sadek Kamel Hilal
In 1998, the XVIth SNR convened in Philadelphia. Prof. Sadek K.Hilal served as
president, while his colleague and good friend Prof. Stephen A.Kieffer acted as vice
president.
The XVIth SNR was a special event for three reasons. To start with, it was the
rst SNR to be presented under the auspices of the recently established World
Federation of Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS), which had been founded in
1994 at the XVth SNR in Kumamoto, Japan thanks to the driving force of Prof.
Derek Harwood Nash. Secondly, it was conceived and organised as a conjoint,
back-to-back meeting between the XVIth SNR (Thursday 15th May to Sunday 17th
May 1998) and the 36th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Neuroradiology
(from Sunday 17th May to Thursday 21st May 1998), both held at the Pennsylvania
Convention Center in Philadelphia, USA.Thirdly, it would be the third such event
to be held in North America (after NewYork in 1964 and Washington D.C. in 1982),
and the neuroradiological community saw it as a recognition of the great advances
that had been made on their continent. The host city, Philadelphia, is one of the oldest cities in North America and has always enjoyed a special place in American
history and culture. The Declaration of Independence was conceived, written, and
signed in this city on fourth July 1776. The proceedings were published as a supplement to The Neuroradiology Journal (Volume 11 Issue 1_suppl, May 1998).
The President, Prof. Sadek K. Hilal was born in Cairo, Egypt, in 1930 and
received his medical degree from the University of Cairo in 1955. He was an innovative thinker and developed many original research ideas. He was passionate about
quantication of cerebral blood ow using diverse imaging techniques. In the early
1960s, he developed a technique for catheter cerebral angiography which led to his
becoming one of the early pioneers in interventional neuroradiology. During his
most academically productive years, he served as the Director of Neuroradiology at
the Neurological Institute of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in NewYork.
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2002—The XVIIth SNR—Paris/FR—Luc Picard
The XVIIth SNR was held in Paris, from 18–24 August 2002 under the presidency
of Prof. Luc Picard. The meeting took place in the Palais des Congrès de Paris at the
Porte Maillot, as a conjoint meeting with the European Society of Neuroradiology
(ESNR). Several of the SNR’s past-presidents were united in Paris: Giovanni
Ruggiero, Nestor Azambuja, Torgny Greitz, George du Boulay, Mutsumasa
Takahashi. The Proceedings of the XVIIth SNR were published as a two-volume
supplement of Rivista di Neuroradiologia, allowing indexing in the scientic literature. At the occasion of the XVIIth SNR, a book entitled “L’histoire de la
Neuroradiologie mondiale” (“The History of World Neuroradiology”) was published and distributed among the participants.
The president, Prof. Luc Picard was a neurologist by training, a clinician at heart,
and a pioneer of interventional neuroradiology. He had spent his entire professional
career in Nancy, France, where he had created a strong school of neuroradiology,
together with a closely knit team of loyal collaborators. Throughout his career, Prof.
Picard laboured tirelessly to further the development of French neuroradiology and
increase its scientic, medical, and political inuence. He was one of the founders
of the French Society of Neuroradiology in 1970. He was the editor-in-chief of the
Journal of Neuroradiology for 24years from 1977 to 2001. In 1990, he created the
WFITN (World Federation of Interventional Neuroradiology) and served as its
president and vice-president from 1991 to 1995. Luc Picard was an exceptional
person and a role model for his many students and collaborators.
2006—The XVIIIth SNR—Adelaide/AUS—Michael R.Sage
In 2006, the XVIIIth SNR moved to Adelaide, the capital of South Australia, under
the presidency of Prof. Michael R.Sage. The meeting was held from 19 to 24 March
2006 under the auspices of, and with nancial support from, “The Australian and
New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology” (ANZSNR). The ANZSNR logo was
incorporated into the SNR logo.
The modern and versatile Adelaide Convention Centre was a perfect venue for
the XVIIIth SNR and the meeting was attended by 743 delegates and 81 partners
from around the world. An excellent scientic programme was created by a large
national and international faculty of experts and consisted of several symposia covering cerebrovascular disease, subarachnoid haemorrhage, cerebral arteriovenous
malformations, epilepsy, dementia, brain tumours, cerebrospinal uid, spine and
spinal cord, skull base, paediatric neuroradiology, paranasal sinuses, and head and
neck tumours. However, the choice to organise the meeting in Adelaide had not
been without risk. Though Adelaide is renowned for its elegant architecture, lush
parklands, and vibrant cultural scene, the city is relatively remote and difcult to
reach, with few direct ights from other parts of the world.
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The convenor, Prof. Michael R.Sage, had served as the rst president of “The
Australian and New Zealand Society of Neuroradiology” (ANZSNR), which had
been founded in 1993, and which held its rst meeting at the Sydney Convention
Centre at Darling Harbour on Thursday 21st October 1993, with 19 members in
attendance. The next year, at the XVth SNR in in Kumamoto, ANZSNR was to
become one of the founding members of the World Federation of Neuroradiological
Societies (WFNRS). In September 1994, Prof. Sage was elected the rst secretarygeneral of the WFNRS.
Professionally and scientically, Michael Sage had been a well-known neuroradiologist since many years. He was chairman of the Department of Radiology at
Flinders Medical Centre and held an academic appointment at the College of
Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University. Professor Sage and his colleagues at Flinders University focused their research to contribute signicantly to
the understanding of the blood-brain barrier.
2010—The XIXth SNR—Bologna/ITA—Marco Leonardi
The XIXth SNR took place in Bologna, Italy, from 4 to 9 October 2010, under the
presidency of Prof. Marco Leonardi, with Prof. Anton Valavanis acting as vicepresident. However, it was not the original plan to organise the meeting in Bologna.
When Marco Leonardi pitched his project to the WFNRS, the plan had been to
organise the meeting in Venice, and this proposal was approved. Approximately
1year before the scheduled start of the meeting, Prof. Marco Leonardi informed the
community that (for ‘important technical reasons’) he had been obliged to move the
Symposium site venue from Venice to Bologna, which also implied the dates of the
meeting were changed to 4–9 October 2010. Prof. Leonardi stated that while
Bologna is not well known and of course lacks the charm of Venice, it is a very nice
and interesting city too and he conrmed that all the participants would like it. The
meeting was held in the Palazzo della Cultura e dei Congressi, Bologna, under the
banner of The World Congress of Diagnostic & Therapeutic Neuroradiology.
At the time of the XIXth SNR, Prof. Marco Leonardi held the Chair of
Neuroradiology at the University of Bologna and was the director of the Servizio di
Neuroradiologia in the Ospedale Bellaria. After he obtained his medical degree in
Medicine and Surgery in 1967, he specialised in radiology in Padua. For a short
term, he was a fellow of Prof. Giovanni Ruggiero, one of the founders of European
Neuroradiology, but he left to be nominated as the Chief of Neuroradiology in at the
University of Udine. After 13years, he moved to the University of Milan where he
was appointed as full professor of Neuroradiology. Eventually, he would move back
to Bologna, to become chief at the Bellaria Hospital.
I remember Prof. Marco Leonardi as an innovator and an astute advocate of neuroradiology, in Italy and internationally. He held many positions of leadership in
scientic organisations, and he was the founder and editor of “The Neuroradiology
Journal” and “Interventional Neuroradiology.”
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2014—The XXth SNR—Istanbul/TR—E.Turgut Tali
The XXth SNR was held in Istanbul, from 7 to 12 September 2014 at the Lut
Kirdar International Convention and Exhibition Center under the presidency of
Professor Turgut Tali. While the WFNRS is the organisation that provides support
and energy behind the Symposium, all the practical arrangements were very much
the work of the Symposium President, Professor Turgut Tali who organised a
remarkable meeting in Istanbul, the city where East meets West, and tradition
embraces innovation. The XXth SNR was conceived as a celebration of the power
of neuroradiology to bridge borders and transform lives, advancing scientic knowledge and improving patient outcomes worldwide.
The proceedings of the XXth SNR were published as a 476-page Supplement to
Neuroradiology (XXth Symposium Neuroradiologicum. Neuroradiology 56 (Suppl
1), 1–476 (2014).
from lectures and poster presentations covering stroke, head and neck, paediatric
diagnostic neuroradiology, spine and interventional neuroradiology, adult diagnostic neuroradiology, intravascular interventional neuroradiology.
The XXth SNR President, Prof. Turgut Tali received a medical degree from
The Hacettepe University. He has had a most distinguished career as prominent
Turkish neuroradiologist, holding many national and international positions of
leadership in Neuroradiology. In 2014, at the time of the XXth SNR, he was
Director of the Division of Neuroradiology at The Gazi University School of
Medicine. He currently serves as Professor and Chairman of the Department of
Radiology at Lokman Hekim University in Ankara, Türkiye. Prof. Tali is a leading gure in his eld, having held many distinguished functions as president of
the European Society of Neuroradiology (ESNR), president of the Turkish
Society of Neuroradiology (TSNR), president of the World Federation of
Neuroradiological Societies (WFNRS), and Chief Examiner for the European
Board of Neuroradiology. Dr. Tali’s expertise and research interests include
advanced imaging of the brain and spine. In 2025, he served as congress president of the rst-ever Joint Congress of the Asian-Oceanian, European, and
Turkish Societies of Neuroradiology, combining forces with European Society
of Neuroradiology (ESNR), the Asian-Oceanian Society of Neuroradiology and
Head and Neck Radiology (AOSNHNR) and the Turkish Society of
Neuroradiology (TSNR).
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00234- 014- 1405- 4), including abstracts
2018—The XXIst SNR—Taipei/TWN—Wan-Yuo Guo
The XXIst SNR (The World Congress of Neuroradiology 2018) took place under
the presidency of Prof. Wan-Yuo Guo and was held from 19 to 23 March at the
Taipei International Congress and Exhibition Centre (TICC), Taipei, Taiwan. The
meeting was hosted by the Neuroradiological Society of Taiwan (NRST). The
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meeting was held in combination with the 12th Asian-Oceanian Congress of
Neuroradiology and Head & Neck Neuroradiology (AOCNHNR) .
Prof. Wan-Yuo Guo had been elected as the president of the XXIst SNR in 2010
during the XIXth SNR in Bologna, Italy. After 8years of preparation, the XXIst SNR
successfully united more than 1000 attendees from 50 countries over ve continents
and 39 industry sponsors. The 5-day meeting consisted of 74 sessions on 6 themes,
including Brain, Head & Neck, Paediatric, Spine, Intervention, Highlights and special
sessions such as “Master to Master” and “Junior Meets Junior.” In addition to the comprehensive scientic programme, the XXIst SNR Organizing Committee unprecedentedly invited famous Taiwanese artists to join the Congress and exhibit their artworks,
as well as hosted tea art performances throughout the Congress at the Congress Venue
of TICC.It is the true form of realisation and unication of “The Art of Healing, the
Healing of Art.” And as for the attendees, the Organizing Committee hosted a
“Photography Exhibition Competition” that allowed the attendees to submit their photography works and displayed them during the congress.
Professor Wan-Yuo Guo received the medical degree (MD) from China Medical
College, Taichung, Taiwan. In 1993, he obtained a PhD degree from the Karolinska
Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He trained as a neuroradiologist at the Radiology
Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, between 1983 and
1989. He is currently Chief of the Division of Neuroradiology, Radiology
Department, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, and Professor of radiology with
National Yang-Ming University, Taipei. His research interests include foetal magnetic resonance (MR) images, MR perfusion images, gamma knife radiosurgery,
MR diffusion tensor imaging, as well as articial intelligence (AI) applications such
as Federated Learning.
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2022—The XXIInd SNR—New York City/NY, USA— Mauricio Castillo
The XXIInd SNR was held from 14 to 16 May 2022 at the NewYork City Hilton
Hotel under the presidency of Prof. Mauricio Castillo. It was a joint meeting, followed back-to-back by the 60th anniversary Annual Meeting of the ASNR from 16
to 18 May 2022. Authors were encouraged to choose between four submission
categories:
• Scientic oral presentation—to be included during ASNR only
• Electronic scientic poster—to be shown during both meetings
• Electronic educational exhibit—to be shown during both meetings
• Excerpta (oral presentations)—to be included during SNR only
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which had entered its third year, both events
were offered as hybrid meetings (i.e. live/remote). Delegates had the option to
attend in-person or virtually. Participants were given the option to transfer their
registration to an alternative form of participation at no additional cost.