Poster Presentations

Regulations for poster presentations

Abstracts for scientific posters must comply with the following structure:

Purpose
State the purpose of the study. The purpose should be clear and concise. The purpose might not exceed the length of one sentence.

Materials and Methods
Please give information regarding institutional review board approval and informed consent. For studies involving animals, indicate appropriate committee approval. The study should be identified clearly as prospective or retrospective (or retrospective interpretation of prospectively acquired data). Date range of study should be given which means date of inclusion of the first patient to the date of the inclusion of the last patient (month/year). Number of patients/animals (including mean age, standard deviation and age range, as well as gender, if appropriate) should be given. Various groups, including controls should be described. Procedures performed should be described. This includes in diagnostic imaging studies brief information about hard- and software (e.g. 1.5T MR scanner with 8-channel coils…) as well as main imaging protocols/sequences. Specifics of evaluation should parallel the results portion of the abstract. Include one sentence on statistical analysis.

Results
Provide the findings of the study including indicators of statistical significance. Crosscheck that for each evaluation and statistical analysis described in the “Materials and Methods” section of the abstract, the corresponding results are provided. The order of the results should parallel the order in the “Materials and Methods” section. Include actual numbers, as well as percentages. Provide p-values, if appropriate, to indicate statistical significance.

Conclusion
Summarize in one or two sentences the conclusion(s) made on the basis of the findings. Note: The purpose and the conclusion should act as a clamp to the study which means that the conclusion should be like an answer to the purpose statement.

Case reports are not accepted.

Abstracts for educational posters must comply with the following structure:

– Learning Objectives
– Background
– Imaging findings or procedure details
– Conclusion

Case reports are not accepted.

Language: Posters for SGR-SSR need to be submitted and printed in English. For SVMTR-ASTRM, posters can be written in either French, English or German.

Length: All abstracts have to be submitted using a maximum of 2.000 characters (this does not apply to the printed version of the poster, but to the abstract submission only).

Format: The poster format is A0, portrait.

Poster Prizes

There are three prizes for scientific/educational posters (summa cum laude; magna cum laude, cum laude ). Additionally, seven posters will be awarded the “Recommended Poster”.

SGR-SSR ePoster Session

The SGR-SSR “ePoster Session” will take place on Thursday, June 03, 2027.

Conditions for the eligibility of the poster for the poster award

– The Poster must be placed in the Poster Exhibition on Thursday, June 03, 2027, before 11:00 at the latest.
– At least one of the authors must be present for discussion during the ePoster Session. If none of the authors is present, the poster will not be considered for the award.
– The evaluation of the posters by the poster jury will take place prior to the congress. All accepted posters shall be uploaded as pdf file through the medwhizz platform link.
– Posters not uploaded by the deadline or not placed onsite to be presented during the ePoster Session will not be considered for the poster awards nor published in the Online Abstract Book.

The prizes will be awarded based on the decision of the poster jury. Prize winners will be officially announced on Thursday, June 03, 2027, after the ePoster Session.

Please note that it is the responsibility of the Poster Presenter to print and place the Poster onsite!

SVMTR-ASTRM Poster Session

The SVMTR-ASTRM “Poster Walking Tour” shall take place on Thursday, June 03, 2027, in the poster area. At least one of the authors must be present for discussion during the SVMTR-ASTRM Poster Session.

Please note that it is the responsibility of the Poster Presenter to print and place the Poster onsite!

All SGR-SSR posters must be uploaded before the date which will be communicated at a later stage.

Onsite placement: Thursday, June 03, 2027, before 11:00.
Displacement: Saturday, June 05, 2027 between 11:00 and 15:00. Posters not displaced after 15:00 will be discharged (time tbc).
Please note that it is the responsibility of the Poster Presenter to print and place the Poster onsite!

Poster must be uploaded and mounted before the mentioned deadlines to be considered for the poster awards of the SGR-SSR.

Notification of acceptance or rejection will be sent out in February 2027 by email. If you wish to withdraw your paper after notification of acceptance or if you will not be able to attend the meeting, please inform the Congress Services as early as possible.

Only poster presenters who have paid the appropriate registration fee will be accepted for the congress. If the presenting author is not registered until the deadline communicated beforehand (March 22nd), his/her abstract will not be published in the Online Abstract Book and will not be allowed to hang his/her poster.