Value-based Radiology

Part I - Theoretical Basis and General Concepts.- Value-Based Radiology - A New Era Begins.- Patient-Centered Care.- The Radiology Consult.- Value-Based Management of Incidental Findings.- The Value in Artificial Intelligence.- The Value in 3D Printing.- Incentivizing Radiologists.- Part II - Practical Applications in Specific Areas of Radiology.- Value-Based Radiology in Neuro/Head and Neck Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in Thoracic Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in Abdominal and Pelvic Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in MSK Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in Breast Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in Pediatric Imaging.- Value-Based Radiology in Cardiovascular Imaging.

Carlos Francisco Silva, MD, who currently works in a research position at University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany, is a Portuguese board-certified radiologist with a special interest in value-based radiology and healthcare management. He studied Medicine at Coimbra University (2000-6) and started his medical career in 2007 at Santa Maria University Hospital in Lisbon (internship and radiology residency). In 2012, during the last year of his residency, he gained experience in the subspecialized field of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Radiology at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Centre in Los Angeles. In 2013 he gained both his national Board Certification in Radiology and the European Diploma in Radiology from the European Society of Radiology. He has since been active in the field of Clinical Radiology, but also in research and management, as a member of Quality and Management Section of the Portuguese Radiological Society. In 2017 he published a national pioneer study on value-based radiology in the most prestigious Portuguese indexed journal, Acta Médica Portuguesa.

Oyunbileg von Stackelberg, PhD, is the scientific project manager at the Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany. She received her PhD in molecular biology from the University of Hannover and completed her post-doc at the University of Freiburg. Moving from bench to bedside, she became involved in imaging, first at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and later at University Hospital Heidelberg. She is also a member of the Translational Lung Research Center Heidelberg (TLRC), the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), and the German National Cohort (NAKO). Her research focus is on population imaging, in detail standardization, incidental findings, cancer, and lung diseases.

Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, MD, is Full Professor and Chairman of Radiology at the University of Heidelberg as well as the Medical Director of the