EFSUMB Newsletter
EFSUMB Newsletter
51
European Federation of Societies for Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology
Contents
Editorial With the arrival of the
sion. The new updated website is more
New Year comes a new
attractive than its predecessor and
volume of the European
perhaps will be the gateway for many to
Journal of Ultrasound
obtain this information. There is really no
and the Annual Bumper
shortage of space within the allocated pa-
Edition of Newsletter.
ges for anything of interest to members
This
the
and I would urge anyone with anything
Newsletter brings to-
interesting to say to submit it to the
gether usual contribu-
Newsletter. If it is interesting to you it
tions from the Honorary
will probably be interesting to others in
Secretary, the President, the Chairman of
Europe. Most should be interested in
the Publications Committee, the Secre-
what Lucas Greiner and Gianna Stanford
tary of Education and Professional Stand-
have to say about the role of EFSUMB and
ards Committee and several other items
its relationship to the rest of the world of
of interest to members throughout Eu-
ultrasound. In these days where many of
rope but writing this editorial made me
us relate best to our own clinical subspe-
ask the question what the function of a
cialty it is good to hear of developments
Newsletter really is. I hope it is to keep all
elsewhere. It is amazing what you may be
17,000 members informed about what is
able to apply to your own work from a de-
happening outside their own region and
velopment in an entirely different one.
edition
of
specialty and what is available in the way of professional development in ultra-
I hope that 2005 will see further increase
sound. All this information should be of
in subscriptions to the EJU perhaps with
interest to members of the Federation but
other National Societies realising the val-
I suspect that relatively few will read it. I
ue of the Journal and that those with ul-
wonder how many have read the bi-
trasound projects worthy of publication
monthly Newsletter provided last year
will continue to submit to the EJU which
within the EJU and on the website. Some
has shown substantial changes even in
will have read it in the EJU but very few on
the last 12 months.
the website. I suppose the fact that increasing numbers of members now
David Pilling
have the EJU as a part of their National So-
Editor Newsletter EFSUMB
EFSUMB Officers and Committees .. 52 Report from the President.............. 52 “What does EFSUMB mean?“ ......... 53 Report from the Honorary Treasurer ....................................... 54 Report from the Education and Professional Standards Committee..56 Report of Publications Committee ..56 Activities of ECMUS (Safety Committee) 2004 ............... 56 "One year after the US Contrast Agents Guidelines Completion" ...... 57 In Memoriam François Terrier, MD . 57 17th Euroson Congress 2005, Geneve, Switzerland ...................... 59 18th Euroson Congress 2006, Bologna, Italy................................. 63 EUROSON SCHOOL: · Report from EUROSON School/IBUS in Riga, Latvia, 17 —18 September, 2004 ............... 64 · London, UK, 4—6 May 2005 .............. 65 · Cluj Napoca, Romania, 26—27 May 2005 ........................... 66 · Copenhagen, Denmark, 12—14 June 2006........................... 66
half the members of the Federation have
British Medical Ultrasound SocietyAnnual Scientific Meeting December 2004 ............................. 67
the opportunity to read it in its paper ver-
MSc in Medical Ultrasound ............. 68
ciety subscription means that more than
Ultraschall 2005; 26
Diary Dates .................................... 69