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ArticleDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Building Expertise Across Borders: The IAEA's Expanding Digital Education in Nuclear Medicine and Radiology.

Amir Eskander, Francesco Giammarile, Arthur Colaco Pires de Andrade, Anita Brink, Roberto C Delgado Bolton, Enrique Estrada Lobato, Peter Knoll, Miriam Mikhail-Lette, Kgomotso Mokoala, Oscar Rollgeiser and 1 more

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Article in Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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11 authors.

Amir EskanderNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0001-4657-3360
Francesco GiammarileNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-0550-7893
Arthur Colaco Pires de AndradeNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0002-4928-0800
Anita BrinkNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0001-8658-2379
Roberto C Delgado BoltonDepartment of Diagnostic Imaging (Radiology) and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital San Pedro and Centre for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), 26006 Logroño, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-8071-6513
Enrique Estrada LobatoNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Peter KnollDosimetry and Medical Radiation Physics Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Miriam Mikhail-LetteNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7402-6014
Kgomotso MokoalaNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.
Oscar RollgeiserNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.ORCID 0009-0002-4891-3143
Diana PaezNuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, Division of Human Health, Department of Nuclear Sciences and Applications, International Atomic Energy Agency, 1400 Vienna, Austria.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Diagnostic imaging is central to clinical decision-making across many care pathways, yet the expertise needed to use these images well is unevenly distributed across health systems, with workforce limitations identified as a major barrier to equitable access, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. Digital education has emerged as one response to this gap, offering scalability, asynchronous and just-in-time access, and the cost-efficiency required for global deployment. This paper examines the digital education portfolio of the International Atomic Energy Agency's Nuclear Medicine and Diagnostic Imaging Section, hosted mainly on the open-access Human Health Campus, which in 2025 recorded approximately 45,800 active users and 150,000 views across 159 countries. The portfolio combines structured e-learning courses, interactive webinars, virtual conference access through the Livestream programme, and a broader repository of publications, teaching cases, and reference resources, supported by an internal e-learning framework and learning management system infrastructure. Partnerships with international scientific societies further extend the reach of expert knowledge and professional exchange. The paper argues that these initiatives are best understood not as content delivery alone but as a coordinated strategy to support diagnostic quality at the level of the practising physician, extending access to expertise and strengthening the conditions for better practice, while remaining a complement to, rather than a substitute for, supervised clinical training.

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capacity buildingcontinuing professional developmentdiagnostic imagingdigital educatione-learningInternational Atomic Energy Agencynuclear medicineradiology

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