Eligibility
Eligible studies focus on breast imaging in a broad sense. Topics may range from early development of new imaging modalities to the clinical role of established imaging modalities in breast care and epidemiological evaluation.

Abstract structure
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and be structured as follows:

• Title
  Provide an attractive and concise title for your work
• Purpose
  Clearly describe what you intend to evaluate
• Methods
  Accurately describe the essential methods employed in your research to a level that would allow repetition of the experiment
• Results
  Report the obtained results in a straightforward manner. Please provide confidence intervals and measures of statistical significance when appropriate
• Conclusion
  Place the results in perspective to the purpose of your study

Summary statement
A summary statement of at most 30 words should also be provided, this should allow readers to understand the topic of the study and the most essential findings

Rating
All abstracts will be peer reviewed by at least 2 independent reviewers. Abstracts will be scored on scientific merits, relevance to the EUSOBI audience, originality, and clarity of presentation. Abstracts scored as poor on any of these items will be automatically rejected.

The following scoring system will be used:
1 = Excellent
2 = Good
3 = Moderate
4 = Fair
5 = Poor

Presentation
Accepted abstracts will be presented as electronic posters during the conference. The presenting author must be present at the meeting. The title and summary statement of accepted posters will be listed in the congress app. A timeslot of 30 minutes will be assigned to each poster during which the presenting author should be available at the e-poster location to discuss the findings with interested meeting participants.

Poster award
The highest rated abstracts will receive a certificate of merit and compete for the EUSOBI poster award. If you qualify you will be notified in advance. The prize, a certificate of recognition and free registration to the EUSOBI Annual Scientific Meeting 2020, will be awarded on the final day of the conference.

The young physician-scientist grant aims to stimulate residents and young radiologists/nuclear medicine physicians to pursue a career in breast imaging research.

During the EUSOBI Annual Scientific Meeting 2019 in Budapest, Hungary, the society will offer 1-3 young physicians (radiology or nuclear medicine) the possibility to orally present his/her breast related research in the plenary lecture hall of the EUSOBI Annual Scientific Meeting.

Please note that this requires also a letter of declaration and support from your head of department.

Grant
EUSOBI is happy to cover the registration fee for the resident/young radiologist or nuclear medicine specialist and will reimburse 3 nights of hotel accommodation up to a maximum amount of € 500,00.

Qualification criteria of the applicant

• To be a resident or young radiologist/nuclear medicine physician
• To be younger than 36 years at the date of the submission deadline
• To be a member of the EUSOBI in good standing
• To be the first author of the submitted abstract
• To have submitted a signed letter of support from your head of department (see below)

Qualification criteria of the abstract

• The abstract should neither be published/presented at another meeting, nor refer to an already published article (print and online), prior to October 2019.
• The abstract needs to be submitted by the first author

Abstract structure
Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words and be structured as follows:

• Title
  Provide an attractive and concise title for your work.
• Purpose
  Clearly describe what you intend to evaluate.
• Methods
  Accurately describe the essential methods employed in your research to a level that would allow repetition of the experiment.
• Results
  Report the obtained results in a straightforward manner. Please provide confidence intervals and measures of statistical significance when appropriate.
• Conclusion
  Place the results in perspective to the purpose of your study.

Summary statement
A summary statement of at most 30 words should also be provided, this should allow readers to understand the topic of the study and the most essential findings.

Rating
All abstracts will be peer reviewed by at least 2 independent reviewers. Abstracts will be scored on scientific merits, relevance to the EUSOBI audience, originality, and clarity of presentation. Abstracts scored as poor on any of these items will be automatically rejected. All other abstracts that are not selected for the grant will still be considered for poster presentation.

The following scoring system will be used:
1 = Excellent
2 = Good
3 = Moderate
4 = Fair
5 = Poor

Signed declaration and letter of support from the supervisor
All abstracts that are competing for the Young Physician-Scientist Grant need to be accompanied by a signed declaration from the head of department. The declaration must make clear that the application criteria is met and the research has been conducted.