Late-breaking Abstract Submission
ABSTRACT
Submission
The owl of wisdom calls, share your vision at ECR 2026!
ECR 2026 invites you to share your most recent and impactful research. Late-breaking abstracts are your chance to present what’s new, what’s bold, and what’s next. If your data emerged after the general deadline, this is your moment.
All abstracts must be submitted online through myESR.org/abstractsubmission. The late-breaking submission is open from December 09, 2025, to January 04, 2026.
Ready to make an impact?
Past submitters reveal the power of sharing your research at ECR, see how an abstract today can lead to opportunities tomorrow. Let their journeys inspire yours and join the voices shaping radiology.
Find all relevant information at one glance below.
Deadline
Abstract submission is open from December 09, 2025 to January 04, 2026.
Submission system
All abstracts must be submitted online through www.myESR.org/abstractsubmission, our submission system, where a guiding layout for the required information in your abstract is provided.
Presentation formats
The Late-breaking submission is only open for Clinical Trials in Radiology (CTiR) and Poster Presentation submissions.
You can indicate your preferred presentation format during submission. However, accepted abstracts will be assigned a final presentation format determined by the Programme Planning Committee. The final presentation format may differ from the selected one and will be communicated in the decision notification email. For more information on the available formats, click here.
Submitter/Presenter
The submitter does not have to be the presenter and can select any author to be the “presenting author”. However, only the presenting author will receive all notifications and is responsible for the oral presentation and/or the poster upload. The submitter and co-authors will not receive any notifications and will not be able to upload the poster or present the abstract.
Duplicate submissions
The submission of duplicate abstracts will, unfortunately, lead to the immediate rejection of the abstract(s) involved. Please refrain from submitting a rejected abstract that was originally submitted during the regular abstract submission period for ECR 2026, unless it contains updated or new information.
Edit your submission
If you have already submitted your abstract and wish to make changes, you can easily request to re-open it until the abstract submission system is closed. Just log in to your account, go to ‘My Abstracts’ and click ‘ABSTRACT SUBMISSION.’ There, select ‘Request a change’ to re-open your abstract for editing. Once you have made your edits, please make sure to re-submit, otherwise your abstract will not be considered for the congress.
Case reports
Unfortunately, case reports with three or fewer cases cannot be accepted. To avoid misunderstandings, please indicate the exact number of cases in the designated field during submission and clearly describe at least four or more cases within your abstract. Abstracts that only discuss two or three cases, even if you plan to add more at a later stage, will be treated as case reports and rejected. Please ensure your submission fully reflects the scope of your research.
We recommend submitting case reports to the ESR’s teaching case platform EURORAD, here. You can also consider submitting your case report to the Case-based Diagnosis Training Session (Mythology in Radiology), here.
Proofreading
Ensure your abstract is thoroughly proofread for any spelling, grammatical, or scientific errors before submission. Accepted abstracts will be published as submitted.
Presenter registration
Valid congress registration is mandatory to present your abstract or to have your poster shown during the congress and/or permanently published after the congress.
A reduced registration fee of EUR 400,- is available for all presenting authors of accepted oral and poster abstracts who are ESR members in good standing by August 31, 2025. The presenting authors of accepted abstracts without ESR 2025 membership (or membership settled after the deadline) can still register for ECR 2026 for the Early Fee.
Important information:
- The Presenter Member ticket will be available after the decision notification email is sent in January 2026.
- This offer will only be available if registration is finalised by February 04, 2026, and only applies to the presenting author (not first or any other authors). If the presenting author cannot register for the congress, they have the option to make an attending co-author or colleague the presenting author so that this person can present their work at the congress.
Each abstract receives one reduced registration ticket for the presenting author. Once the reduced registration payment is completed, the ticket is not transferrable. If the presenter change occurs before the reduced registration payment is completed, the reduced registration fee benefit is transferred to the new presenting author. Please note that the ESR will not refund any previously paid registration fees, including in cases of special offers, subsequent ticket changes or membership-related changes.
Please make sure to use the account with the same Personal ID for registration that was used to submit the abstract(s).
For any registration inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].
Presentation Formats
Oral
Presentation
Late-breaking oral presentation abstracts will be considered for Clinical Trials in Radiology (CTiR):
(1) Clinical Trials in Radiology (CTiR), which allows an 8-minute presentation dedicated to ongoing or recently finished multicentre trials that are likely to impact clinical practice in the future, followed by a 4-minute discussion.
‣ The following studies are eligible:
- Multicentre studies of any design (can be submitted with their study design, baseline data, or results).
- Single-centre studies (only if randomised and results are available).
Poster Presentation
EPOSTM is the ESR’s Electronic Presentation Online System for scientific and educational posters.
Posters submitted for ECR will be part of the scientific exhibition at the congress and can also be published permanently on the EPOS™ online viewing platform. Find more information here.
Late-breaking poster presentation format is divided into two categories:
(1) EPOS™ for Radiologists (standard scientific3 studies, educational4 descriptions).
(2) EPOS™ for Radiographers (radiological technologists).
EPOS™ PULSE
An exclusive feature that provides top-rated posters with the chance to be presented live in a casual setting. Click here for more information.
Footnotes:
Our EPOS™ PULSE – Presenting Unique Live Science and Education programme will spotlight the most exceptional posters at ECR 2026. This dynamic feature gives selected top-rated poster presenters the exclusive chance to deliver a concise live presentation in a casual setting within the EPOS™ Area. Share your research live, receive feedback, and network with professionals in your field!
Participation is by invitation only and will be offered to eligible presenters after the abstract rating process is completed. Those selected will receive an invitation in the decision notification email, which will also include sign-up instructions via their ESR account.
Write to stand out: watch our abstract writing webinar!
Ready to make your mark at ECR 2026? This September, ESR hosted a special webinar: ECR Abstracts: write, polish, submit like a pro. Watch the webinar for clear, compelling, and successful submission. Learn practical tips, insider insights, and proven strategies that will give your submission the strongest chance to stand out.
Webinar details:
Watch the webinar online on ESR-Connect for free.
Some tips and tricks for your writing process
It is recommended that authors prepare their abstracts in advance using any standard word processing system and then copy and paste the elements into the appropriate spaces in the submission system. The text should be submitted using standard Latin characters, and all abstracts must be submitted in English. Abstracts submitted in other languages will, unfortunately, have to be withdrawn. Please do not include references, acknowledgements, graphics, tables or figures in your abstract body.
For more detailed guidelines for your abstract submission, take a look here.
Congrats, you are ready to submit!
After completing your abstract, click “Save Abstract”.
Click the “Preview and submit” at the bottom of the page to preview your abstract before submitting. Read carefully through the preview. If your abstract is ready, click “SUBMIT ABSTRACT” at the bottom. You will be transferred to the “Abstract Submission” main page, and a purple pop-up message will appear: “Your abstract has been successfully submitted.”
You can view your submitted and in-progress (incomplete) abstracts on the “Abstract Submission” main page. If the abstract is marked as “in progress”, click the “Edit” button to complete your submission.
If your abstract is marked as “submitted”, it can be viewed but can only be edited if you re-open your abstract. If you wish to edit your abstract after it has been submitted, please log in to your account, go to ‘My Abstracts’ and click ‘ABSTRACT SUBMISSION.’ There, select ‘Request a change’ to re-open your abstract for editing. Once you have made your edits, please make sure to re-submit, otherwise your abstract will not be considered for the congress.
If you wish to withdraw your abstract after submission, please contact the abstract submission team at [email protected].
Get notified!
Decision notifications (acceptance or rejection, and final presentation format) will only be emailed to the presenting author (not the submitting author or co-author) at the end of January 2026.
For the selected CTiR presenters, please make sure to confirm your invitation for the CTiR session within the timeframe indicated in the notification email.
Where will my accepted abstract be published?
Abstracts of accepted Research Presentation, Clinical Trials in Radiology and Student Sessions will be published in the ECR 2026 Book of Abstracts (as a supplement to “Insights into Imaging”, open access under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0).
If the abstract is accepted as a poster, the author will upload the digital material of the poster to EPOS™ within the given deadline. The option to permanently publish the poster will be available after the congress, including registration with a DOI (digital object identifier) and publication under an open license as outlined in the Agreement for the Use of EPOS™.
If the author agrees to publish, the poster will be published on the EPOS™ online viewing platform (not part of the Book of Abstracts).
*Valid congress registration is mandatory to present your abstract or to have your poster shown during the congress and/or permanently published after the congress.
Publication ethics
- The abstract does not contain any material that is libellous, defamatory, or otherwise unlawful. It does not include any material that invades privacy rights or infringes proprietary rights or copyrights.
- The abstract does not reveal patient identity. If there is any possibility that a patient can be identified, written informed consent from the patient has been obtained for use in the abstract.
- A single study is not split up into several parts to increase the quantity of submissions and submitted to various journals or to one journal over time (e.g. “salami-slicing”).
- If the work contains any previously published material or material owned by a third party, the author has obtained the right to use this material by applicable law or has obtained a transferable license from the copyright holder.
- If the study is under evaluation, accepted, or published in a scientific journal, the author will consult the respective editorial office regarding copyright and license issues. The author will acknowledge in writing (e.g., on a slide or poster, not limited to verbal acknowledgment) the interim (i.e. between abstract submission and congress presentation) acceptance/publication of the study in a scientific journal during their presentation at ECR 2026.
- Consent to submit has been received explicitly from all co-authors, as well as from the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institute/organisation where the work has been carried out before the work is submitted.
Guidelines for the use of large language models by authors
- AI or AI-assisted tools do not qualify as authors, only humans do.
- Authors are fully responsible for the entire content of their work.
- Authors are fully responsible for disclosing which parts of their work have been created by or with the assistance of AI:
- AI tools used to generate results should be described in detail in the methods section.
- AI tools used for writing and content editing of the abstract (i.e., editing, grammar, readability, word limit adherence etc.) should be disclosed by checking the AI tool usage box during submission. This is permitted and does not constitute an ethical issue.*
*This data is collected to reassure reviewers that your AI usage is ethical and transparent. Reviewers will be able to view your indication.
- For more information on AI guidelines and the ethical use of AI assisted tools, please refer to the recommendations disclosed in the ESR Journals editors’ joint statement on Guidelines for the Use of Large Language Models by Authors, Reviewers, and Editors, here.
- To protect sensitive information, take into account that if unpublished research is uploaded to information-retaining AI-assisted tools, such as ChatGPT, confidentiality of your research cannot be assured.
Our mission at the European Society of Radiology is not only committed to drive continuous advancements in the field, but we also strive to offer continuous support fostering the careers of young professionals like you.
This is why we are delighted to renew our extraordinary offer for another year.
In an effort to support the active participation of trainees in the upcoming European Congress of Radiology (ECR), the European Society of Radiology is offering complimentary registration for our Full Members in Training 2026 across Europe who submitted an abstract that got accepted for ECR 2026 by January 04, 2026.
How to apply:
Step 1:
If you are not a Full Member in Training 2026 yet, become a member today by January 04, 2026!
Head to our membership page to sign up.
This membership category is open to radiology residents and professionals of allied sciences in training residing within the boundaries of Europe.
► How to become a member?
- Head to your account in the UserArea.
- Find the “My Membership” section and click “Show membership status”.
- Start your membership application.
- After completing the sign-up process, upload your ID scan and the confirmation of training status of the department or hospital by heading to “Profile & Proof Upload”, and then selecting “Proof Documents”.
Step 2:
Submit an abstract for ECR 2026, here.
Step 3:
Get notified!
Abstract Presenters who are Full Members in Training and are eligible for the offer will receive a notification in January 2026 to complete their registration (rejected applicants will still be able to register for ECR 2026 for the reduced Early Fee).
Please make sure to use the account with the same Personal ID for registration that was used to submit the abstract(s).
Please note that the ESR will not refund any previously paid registration fees, including in cases of special offers, subsequent ticket changes or membership-related changes.
For the selection of final recipients, abstract submission and geopolitical location are considered. The ESR reserves the right to grant the offer at its sole discretion.
Please keep in mind that the late-breaking abstract submission is not meant as an extension of the general submission. If you have already submitted your abstract for the ECR 2026 general submission, please do not submit it again.
We look forward to receiving your contributions!
Before embarking on your journey to submit your abstract, we recommend reading the below sections to better understand the process and requirements for a successful submission.
Frequently Asked Questions
New registration: as soon as you create an account, your ESR Personal ID will be sent to your account’s email address. You can sign up for an account by clicking here.
Existing account: You can obtain your ESR Personal ID and account information via the “Reset Password” link on the submission front page. You will receive a “reset password link” via email and will then be able to reset your password accordingly.
If you do not receive the email, please check your spam folder. If you suspect that the email address stored in your account is wrong or outdated, please do not create a new account but contact us at [email protected] to have it changed.
More information can be found on the ESR website. Please click here for the respective sections:
All abstracts have to be written in English.
Once you are logged in, the system will provide step-by-step information guiding you through the submission process:
Step 1: Create a new abstract
Step 2: Enter title, topic and the preferred presentation format
Step 3: Apply for support programmes (if applicable)
Step 4: Complete the author block and fill in the disclosures
Step 5: Fill in the body (text) of the abstract
Step 6: Enter keywords related to your abstract
Step 7: Complete all affirmations
Step 6: Preview the summary and submit your abstract
During late-breaking submission, you can choose from the following abstract types:
- Oral Presentation (CTiR)
- Poster Presentation (EPOS™, EuroSafe Imaging)
The Programme Planning Committee will select the best suitable final presentation format for each accepted abstract. This will be communicated together with the decision notification in January 2026.
The upload of up to 10 images is possible for poster presentations. Other abstract types are not eligible for image upload.
The abstract body is limited to 280 words.
The abstract submission operates with any current browser, including but not limited to current versions of Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari. If you are using a Javascript blocker, make sure you do allow the execution of scripts. If you encounter problems with an old browser, please update to a newer version, or use a different browser.
No. The submission of duplicate abstracts will lead to the immediate rejection of the abstract(s) involved.
If your abstract is marked as “submitted”, it can be viewed but can only be edited if you re-open your abstract. If you wish to edit your abstract after it has been submitted, please log in to your account, go to ‘My Abstracts’ and click ‘ABSTRACT SUBMISSION.’ There, select ‘Request a change’ to re-open your abstract for editing. Once you have made your edits, please make sure to re-submit, otherwise your abstract will not be considered for the congress.
If you wish to withdraw your abstract after submission, please contact the abstract submission team at [email protected].
The abstract submission deadline is January 04, 2026 (23:59 CEST).
Late-breaking notifications of acceptance/rejection will be emailed to the presenting author at the end of January 2026.
If your abstract is accepted, you will receive a notification of acceptance by email in January 2026. This will also include login details and further instructions for the poster upload.
Medical students can submit abstracts by indicating their preferred presentation format. However, the special student presentation format is not available for late-breaking submissions.
If you have any questions about abstract submission, please do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
Contact
For any questions regarding abstract submission, please contact [email protected].