15 January 2024. It is difficult to find good content on the internet. Most of it is junk food for the brain. We tried to contribute with Rinckside for scientists and medical doctors, then also with A Small Café for a wider audience. But it's like a drop in the ocean.
Some years ago I queried on this site whether the change from teaching books to digital teaching is worthwhile and advantageous. Meanwhile it has been tried out for more than two decades. Recently the Swedish minister in charge of schools asked: "Did we go too fast, too far, too soon?" For quite some time now, this sentiment has been growing. Let's look at it again.
Some months later: After the column was published, things took an unexpected turn …
2024
The 35th year of Rinckside
The anomie of the information superhighways.
Vol. 35,1 | 15 January 2024.
2023
Tablets versus textbooks — Back to the established roots.
Vol. 34,3 | 15 September 2023.
Politically correct scientific publications.
Vol. 34,2 | 15 May 2023.
The anomie of the information superhighways.
Vol. 34,1 | 15 January 2023.
Special Supplements
Advanced Imaging and Contrast Concepts:
Suppression Techniques • Magnetization Transfer • Diffusion Imaging • Functional Imaging (BOLD-Contrast).
Vol. 34,S3 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
Contrast Agents in Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Vol. 34,S2 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
Santiago Ramón y Cajal:
Rules and Advice on Scientific Investigation — Daunting worries of the novice.
Vol. 34,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of "A Small Café."
A Small Café. January 2023.
Versión en español | Spanish version 
2022
Re-read: The price of it all.
Vol. 33,4 | 18 November 2022.
The state of AI in medical imaging • Part II
Are radiologists’ neurons faster and cheaper?
Vol. 33,3 | 18 August 2022.
The state of AI in medical imaging • Part I
Looking into the future with blinkers on.
Vol. 33,2 | 18 March 2022.
Not being wired properly?
Vol. 33,1 | 12 January 2022.
Special Supplements
Image Characteristics: The MR Image | Image Contrast.
Vol. 33,S2 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
Image Data Transformation: k-Space.
Vol. 33,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
2021
All is not what it seems in the messy world of research.
Don't play it again, Sam
Vol. 32,6 | 1 November 2021.
Epidemics and medical imaging
Vol. 32,5 | 15 September 2021.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging • The 50th anniversary
Vol. 32,4 | 11 August 2021.
All quiet at the MR contrast agent front?
Vol. 32,3 | 6 July 2021.
New realities in medical imaging.
Vol. 32,2 | 3 May 2021
Smashing the magnetic field strength dogma.
MRI: an unexpected change.
Vol. 32,1 | 13 February 2021.
Special Supplements
Siegfried Ostrowski:
The fate of Jewish physicians in the Third Reich —
An eyewitness account from the years 1933-1939.
Introduction and translation by Peter A. Rinck.
Vol. 32,S3 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of "A Small Café."
A Small Café. June 2021.
Deutsche Fassung | German version 
Image Processing and Visualization.
Vol. 32,S2 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
Relaxation Times and Basic Pulse Sequences.
Vol. 32,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
2020
To see and to be seen.
Teleconsultations and rating sites aren't all good news.
Vol. 31,7 | 10 December 2020.
Speech is silver, but silence is golden.
Vol. 31,6 | 28 September 2020.
Congresses — a feeling of uncertainty.
(II) A case in point: ECR and the Corona fallout.
Vol. 31,5 | 6 July 2020.
Congresses — a feeling of uncertainty.
(I) The case of ECR.
Vol. 31,4 | 6 July 2020.
Will the Corona crisis clean up health care?
Vol. 31,3 | 29 April 2020.
The great data garbage heap.
Vol. 31,2 | 27 March 2020.
Safety first or last?
Vol. 31,1 | 8 January 2020.
Special Supplement
Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Safety of Patients and Personnel.
Vol. 31,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
2019
The prime minister's wife builds a new hospital.
Vol. 30,6 | 15 July 2019.
Artificial intelligence meets validity.
Vol. 30,5 | 15 June 2019.
At the crossroads: MR contrast agents.
Vol. 30,4 | 30 May 2019.
MR Imaging: Quo Vadis?
Vol. 30,3 | 15 May 2019.
Getting ready for ECR.
Vol. 30,2 | 25 February 2019.
Radiologists: To see and not to be seen.
Vol. 30,1 | 25 January 2019.
Special Supplement
An Excursion into the History of Magnetic Resonance Imaging.
Vol. 30,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of TRTF.
We have updated this publication. You find the latest version of this book chapter here.
2018
Will artificial intelligence increase costs of medical imaging?
Vol. 29,6 | 21 November 2018.
Some reflections on artificial intelligence in medicine.
Vol. 29,5 | 26 September 2018.
The dilution and demise of human expertise.
Vol. 29,4 | 4 July 2018.
German newspapers and the gadolinium controversy.
Vol. 29,3 | 18 April 2018.
Some side effects of the great gadolinium scare.
Vol. 29,2 | 14 February 2018.
Mapping the biological world.
Vol. 29,1 | 19 November 2017 / 29 January 2018.
Special Supplement
Research and Science: From Individuals to Societies — Alexander von Humboldt in Spain.
Vol. 30,S1 | "Special Supplement" courtesy of "A Small Café."
A Small Café. September 2018.
2017
Contrast agent safety — a short and critical approach.
Vol. 28,6 | 7 September 2017.
When radiologists can be useful ...
Vol. 28,5 | 7 August 2017.
English in medicine and science.
Or: The use of English in the post-Brexit world.
Vol. 28,4 | 28 June 2017.
Spreading the news: Science and the media.
Vol. 28,3 | 3 May 2017.
Gadolinium contrast: A farewell to well-known brands.
Vol. 28,2 | 15 March 2017.
Paradigm and element shift in MR contrast agent applications.
Or: New kid in town shakes up MR contrast use.
Vol. 28,1 | 15 February 2017.
2016
Debacles mar “Big Science” and fMRI research.
Vol. 27,7 | 15 November 2016.
MR safety update:
Why we may not need a 20-Tesla MRI machine.
Vol. 27,6 | 21 September 2016.
Newspeak in radiology.
Vol. 27,5 | 15 August 2016.
Smartphones don't upgrade your brain.
Vol. 27,4 | 21 July 2016.
Datarrhea – the great data revolution.
Vol. 27,3 | 8 June 2016.
Science publishers – the beginning of the end?
Vol. 27,2 | 28 April 2016.
Adding fuel to the flames: Gadolinium – the German follow-up.
Vol. 27,1 | 22 March 2016.
2015
Gadolinium — will anybody learn from the debacle?
Vol. 26,9 | 9 December 2015.
The calamity of medical and radiological publications.
Vol. 26,8 | 21 October 2015.
An expensive dilemma: Tablets versus textbooks.
Vol. 26,7 | 7 September 2015.
Max Factor — for the beauty of your curriculum vitae.
Vol. 26,6 | 17 July 2015.
MR fingerprinting returns to radiology – and hopefully disappears again.
Vol. 26,5 | 4 June 2015.
Functional charlatans.
Vol. 26,4 | 7 April 2015.
Does ECR increase patient survival rate?
Vol. 26,3 | 4 March 2015.
Relaxing times for cardiologists.
Vol. 26,2 | 25 February 2015.
Address the backlog issue or you will sink.
Vol. 26,1 | 7 January 2015.
2014
What makes an imaging department tick?
Or: How to be loved.
Vol. 25,8 | 12 November 2014.
Have you read the best medical paper of the year?
Vol. 25,7 | 24 September 2014.
Statistics plain and simple: Is there such a thing?
Vol. 25,6 | 30 July 2014.
Claustrophobia, MRI and the human factor.
Vol. 25,5 | 2 July 2014.
ISMRM: Indignation in Milan.
Vol. 25,4 | 21 May 2014.
Screening mammography: the sequel.
Vol. 25,3 | 30 April 2014.
A new paradigm for medical papers?
Or: Why we need less trash and more substantial papers.
Vol. 25,2 | 4 March 2014.
Do we really need ethics in radiology?
Vol. 25,1 | 5 February 2014.
2013
Personalized EU funding.
Or: What should we make of the personalized medicine bandwagon?
Vol. 24,9 | 18 November 2013.
US healthcare: the price of it all.
Vol. 24,8 | 2 October 2013.
The copy-and-paste generation: plagiarism's many faces.
Vol. 24,7 | 27 July 2013.
Diplomania — or the value of "excellence".
Vol. 24,6 | 13 June 2013.
A practical escape to avoid the real topics.
Or: Why all the sudden fuss about ethics.
Vol. 24,5 | 15 May 2013.
Radiology and medicine — research or science?
Or: Is the science really so good at 'scientific' meetings?
Vol. 24,4 | 27 March 2013.
What's 'molecular' in molecular imaging?
Vol. 24,3 | 1 March 2013.
Nobel prose pageant — Peter Mansfield publishes his autobiography.
Vol. 24,2 | 22 January 2013.
Moving to the dark side: Personalized medicine revisited.
Vol. 24,1 | 7 January 2013.
2012
Let's get personal.
Vol. 23,9 | 26 November 2012.
Total reliance on autopilot is a risk to life.
Vol. 23,8 | 22 October 2012.
Generation Y and the future of radiology.
Or: Is Generation Y outsourcing cerebral activities to smartphones?
Vol. 23,7 | 10 September 2012.
Europe celebrates the forgotten pioneer of MRI — Dr. Erik Odeblad.
Vol. 23,6 | 19 June 2012.
Can we learn the art of good leadership?
Vol. 23,5 | 7 May 2012.
The European Commission strikes again.
Vol. 23,4 | 16 April 2012.
A dummy's guide to lecturing.
Vol. 23,3 | 3 March 2012.
From ECR 2012: Is there anything new this year?
Or: Austria makes people happy.
Vol. 23,2 | 1 March 2012.
Smartphones and tablets — the sequel.
Vol. 23,1 | 18 January 2012.
"Special Supplements" — Smartphones and tablets — the sequel.
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2011
Are smartphones changing behavior in medical practice?
Vol. 22,12 | 3 January 2012.
"Special Supplements" — Are smartphones changing behavior in medical practice?
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Commercial forces can distort reality in imaging.
Vol. 22,11 | 14 November 2011.
Let's "scan" the patient. Or: Is it OK to refer to an MR "scan"?
Vol. 22,10 | 24 October 2011.
CAD as CAD can.
Vol. 22,9 | 19 September 2011.
Wikipedia: Information you can trust?
Vol. 22,8 | 15 August 2011.
The jury's still out on airport body scanners.
Vol. 22,7 | 19 July 2011.
Why 'feminization' of radiology is good news for patients.
Vol. 22,6 | 20 June 2011.
Everybody suffers from publishers' thirst for quick profits.
Vol. 22,5 | 16 May 2011.
Rude awakening: Will radiographers eventually take over?
Vol. 22,4 | 19 April 2011.
The Guttenberg snippets.
Vol. 22,3 | 23 March 2011.
Handle with care: The radiation debate.
Vol. 22,2 | 9 March 2011.
Weltfremd is of no value to your patients.
Vol. 22,1 | 2 March 2011.
2010
Critics line up to pour scorn on impact factor.
Vol. 21,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2010; 26,10: 10-11.
Airport security scanners arouse intense controversy.
Vol. 21,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2010; 26,3: 13-15.
Thirty years take MRI from the cutting edge to sustainability.
Vol. 21,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2010; 26,2: 7,8,14.
2009
Recent events at WHO prove that bigger is not always better.
Vol. 20,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2009; 25, 8: 14,16,39.
From ECR 2009: "The latest results …"
Vol. 20,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Webcasts. 6 March 2009.
From ECR 2009: "Walking down the corridors …"
Vol. 20,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Webcasts. 18 March 2009.
2008
Radiologists meet with heavy collateral damage.
Vol. 19,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2008; 24,6: 19-21.
If it moves, radiologists will want to screen it.
Vol. 19,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2008; 24,5: 12-13, 39.
From ECR 2008: What did you learn in school today?
Vol. 19,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. March 2008.
2007
Quo vadis — where is medical imaging heading?
Vol. 18,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2007; 23,11: 19-20.
Pediatric radiology requires wide skill set.
Vol. 18,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2007; 23,5: 15-17.
2006
MR contrast agents reach 25-year landmark.
Vol. 17,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2006; 22, 9: 17-19.
From ECR 2006: Drive for perfection has potential downside.
Vol. 17,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2006; 22,5: 15-16.
2005
Radiology must regain initiative in research.
Vol. 16,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2005; 21, 12: 10-13.
Versión en español.
"Special Supplement" — Expanded version in Spanish (pdf)
Functional imaging leads hunt for 'buy' trigger.
Vol. 16,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2005; 21,8: 25-27.
What has really happened in radiology since 1985?
Vol. 16,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2005; 21,4: 17, 20.
2004
Radiology philosophy: Cartesian versus confusion.
Vol. 15,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2004; 20,10: 17-19.
Are radiologists guilty of killing their patients?
Vol. 15,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2004; 20,4: 13-14.
From ECR 2004: More science and love, less fiction.
Vol. 15,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. March 2004.
2003
Researchers must define 'evidence-based'.
Vol. 14,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2003; 19,11: 21,23,47.
From ECR 2003: From EPOS without EROS to L5/S1.
Vol. 14,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. March 2003.
2002
Expertise and judgment ensure turf war success.
Vol. 13,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2002; 18,12: 13-14.
New, improved radiology demands better analysis.
Vol. 13,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2002; 18,10: 11-13.
Screening programs must show clear benefits.
Vol. 13,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2002; 18,5: 12-14.
Fundamentals benefit image reading.
Vol. 13,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2002; 18,3: 13-15.
2001
Europe gets entangled in complex language web.
Vol. 12,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2001; 17,12: 22-23.
Radiology is a service industry.
Vol. 12,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2001; 17,7: 11-13.
Resist healthcare's black market temptation.
Vol. 12,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2001; 17,5: 21-23.
Beware of fads, fashions, and market-speak.
Vol. 12,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2001; 17,3. 19-20.
2000
Radiologists play god at their own risk.
Vol. 11,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2000; 16,10: 13-14.
Bureaucracy and waste tarnish EU grants.
Vol. 11,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2000; 16,10: 23-24.
Politics and medicine make an unhealthy mix.
Vol. 11,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2000; 16,5: 19-20.
Tradenames confuse, bewilder, and amuse.
Vol. 11,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 2000; 16,3: 27-28.
1999
The front and back of medical journals.
Vol. 10,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1999; 15,11: 20-21.
Some thoughts on comtemporary ethics in medicine. Or: Moral high ground sinks to sleazy depths.
Vol. 10,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1999; 15,9: 17-18.
Appendix: The Hippocratic Oath; Declaration of Geneva (1948).
Bigger does not always mean better.
Vol. 10,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1999; 15,5: 23-24.
Quality means back to basics.
Vol. 10,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1999; 15,3: 23-24.
1998
They who teach are brave, not incompetent.
Vol. 9,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1998; 14,9: 21-22.
Perils of being politically correct.
Vol. 9,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1998; 14,3: 21-22.
1997
Facts and figures – fiction and frustrations. Or: Statistics lead to frustration, falsehoods.
Vol. 8,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1997; 13,8: 17-18.
From ECR 1997: The European Congress of Radiology – a European success story.
Vol. 8,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1997; 13,7: 17-18.
Time to think again about computers.
Vol. 8,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1997; 13,5: 23-24.
When acronyms cause confusion. Or: Alphabet Soup [with comments from Hamlet].
Vol. 8,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1997; 13,3: 19-21.
1996
Surviving life on the congress treadmill.
Vol. 7,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1996; 12,8: 15-19.
The end of abundant times for radiologists?
Vol. 7,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1996; 12,6: 19-20.
Helping means more than a hand-out – radiology in developing countries.
Vol. 7,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1996; 12,4: 17-18.
Radiology and epidemics, new and old.
Vol. 7,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1996; 12,2: 15-16.
1995
Drawbacks of the information autobahn.
Vol. 6,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe 1995; 11,8: 16, 49.
News from the ultrasound front: avoiding abuse and overuse of ultrasound.
Vol. 6,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1995; 11,4: 15-16.
Do we need so many gadolinium chelates?
Vol. 6,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging Europe. 1995; 11,3: 15,54.
1994
Do radiologists have a future?
Vol. 5,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1994; 10,6: 19-20.
Publish and you might perish anyway.
Vol. 5,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1994; 10,4: 9-10.
Medical ethics and the military.
Vol. 5,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International. 1994; 10,2: 19-20.
Playing with numbers in the health care game.
Vol. 5,1 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1994; 10,1: 7,55.
1993
Why cutting costs is so hard in Europe.
Vol. 4,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1993; 9,7: 5,54.
Better training leads to less costly health system.
Vol. 4,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1993; 9,5: 5,44.
MR imaging: reimbursement and costs – a European potpourri.
Vol. 4,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1993; 9,1: 5,51.
1992
How to purchase an MR machine.
Vol. 3,4 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1992; 8,6: 5-8.
What is behind high costs in medical care?
Vol. 3,3 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1992; 8,5: 7,53.
Beyond the basics: is knowledge power?
Vol. 3,2 | and: Diagnostic Imaging International 1992; 8,3: 7,48,50
What is normal?
Vol. 3,1 | and: Hospimedica. 1992; 10,1: 20-22.
1990 | 1991
The slow life of clinical spectroscopy.
Vol. 2,3 | and: Hospimedica 1991; 9,9: 16-18.
The field-strength war.
Vol. 2,2 | and: ospimedica 1991; 9,4: 16-18.
Relaxation times blues.
Vol. 2,1 | and: Hospimedica 1991; 9,3: 16-20.
Magnetic resonance imaging: How it all began
Vol. 1,1 | and: Hospimedica 1990; latest version: Book chapter, in: Rinck PA: Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. BoD, Germany. 2020.
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