ESOR COURSE ON

Abdominal Imaging
9 October 2026

Bakı

Your host & venue

Prof. Yunus Afandiyev

Chairperson  Azerbaijan Society of Radiologists (ASR)

VENUE TO BE ANNOUNCED

Fairmont Baku Flame Towers

Take a look at the venue →

Flame Towers
1A Mehdi Huseyn
AZ1006
Bakı

Co-Organisers

Dr Elshad Sadikhov
Secretary, ASR

Dr Leyla Musayeva
Coordinator, ASR

more information & programme coming soon

What to expect

This course will update knowledge on Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Radiology, with special focus on diagnostic confidence and imaging modalities. Lectures will focus on CT, MRI, and US imaging, and innovative strategies will be discussed. Workshops will target the diagnosis of rectal cancer and liver diseases.

Our Visiting Professorship Programme brings education and career-building networks all over the world. Check out the overview to find out when we will visit you! 

Accreditation

Applications will be made to the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) for CME accreditation of this event.

We work with impartiality and transparency. Find the steering committee disclosure forms here →

learning objectives

  • To optimise imaging strategies in gastrointestinal and abdominal radiology

  • To improve diagnostic confidence in liver, bowel, pancreatic, and vascular imaging

  • To understand the complementary roles of ultrasound, CT and MRI

  • To enhance practical ultrasound skills for daily clinical use

programme
coming soon

Programme

all times local
08:00 – 08:45Registration
08:45 – 09:00Welcome & Introduction
09:00 – 09:30MR imaging of rectal cancer – primary staging and treatment stratification
R. Beets-Tan, Maastricht/NL
09:30 – 10:00Liver imaging: focal liver lesions
V. Vilgrain, Clichy/FR 
10:00 – 10:30Multiparametric and quantitative liver ultrasound: daily practice and diagnostic strategies
M. Radzina, Riga/LV
10:30 – 10:50Coffee Break
10:50 – 13:00Workshops
13:00 – 14:00Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:30

MR imaging of rectal cancer – response assessment in the era of organ preserving treatment
R. Beets-Tan, Maastricht/NL

14:30 – 15:00Diffuse liver disease: imaging-based management
V. Vilgrain, Clichy/FR
15:00 – 15:30Multiparametric renal ultrasound and CEUS role in clinical practice
M. Radzina, Riga/LV
15:30 – 15:50Coffee Break
15:50 – 18:00

Workshops

18:00 – 18:15Course Evaluation & End Ceremony

Fees

The registration fee includes only the Visiting Professorship course.

Participants are responsible for their travel and accommodation arrangements themselves.

Early Bird Prices until July 31,

RON 650 for primary care physicians/specialists- SRIM members

RON 450 for resident physicians/physicists- SRIM members

RON 1100 for primary care physicians/specialists-NON members

RON 700 for resident physicians/physicists- NON members

All prices may be subject to VAT according to local regulations. Please review the prices at registration.

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