Sustainability in Medical Imaging

We are delighted to announce the upcoming hybrid workshop on “Sustainability in Medical Imaging”, which will take place on the 6th October 2026 at the Great Hall, Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and online.

This one-day workshop, featuring invited internationally-leading researchers covering latest developments in medical imaging, healthcare and computing sustainability, aims to enhance the UK and international networking, research progress and education in this rapidly emerging area.

The submissions for contributions to the workshop will be open soon. A not exhaustive list of themes that will be covered are:

• Instrumentation, e.g. whole-body PET, low field MRI, walk through PET, photon counting CT 
• Computing, e.g. cloud vs on-premises, hardware and software  
• Reconstruction, e.g. sparse and low-quality data  
• Medical imaging sustainability, e.g. acquisition protocols, patient handling 
• Trusted and useful AI, e.g. large vs small models, added value to medical imaging 
• Evaluation of sustainability, e.g. how to measure carbon footprint, initiatives, accreditations 

The workshop will be preceded by an exciting, community-lead, hackathon event on the same topic on the 5th October 2026 (venue TBC). As well as a networking dinner at a landmark venue in Edinburgh.

The workshop organising committee 

Edoardo Pasca (Science & Technology Facilities Council), Adriana Tavares, Catriona Wimberley, Nikki Tarvin,(University of Edinburgh), Kris Thielemans (University College London)