EANM:ESR white paper

Dear Members of the EANM,
Dear Colleagues,
Following the publication on the EANM website of the "White paper of the EANM and the European Society of Radiology (ESR) on multimodality imaging", the EANM Executive Committee has received quite a few emails and letters, mainly from French and Belgian colleagues, protesting against the white paper and asking for its publication in the August issue of the EJNMMI to be stopped.
During a recent EANM Executive Committee meeting, the issue was again discussed, and the Executive Committee unanimously stands behind the "EANM/ESR white paper on multimodality imaging", which was written by the leaderships of both EANM and ESR in order to give a vision for cooperation, which will undoubtedly be necessary between the two associations to encompass imaging techniques of the future.
So far, the EANM Executive Committee has received very favourable comment on the white paper from the Dutch and the Italian Society, as well as the industry association AIPES and the leadership of the SNM.
Therefore, the EANM Executive Committee unanimously decided to go ahead with the publication of the white paper in the August issue of the EJNMMI.
In order to provide a forum to discuss issues of future interest, the EANM Executive Committee has programmed a round table entitled "Multimodality imaging and the future of nuclear medicine in Europe" on Monday, October 15, 2007, 11:30 - 13:00, during the EANM Congress in Copenhagen.
We would like to invite all interested EANM members to attend this session and look forward to an enlightening discussion in Copenhagen.
With best regards,
Alberto Cuocolo, MD
EANM President 2007-2008