Abstract submission

Abstract submissions for RSNA 2021 are now open.

We invite you to help shape RSNA’s 2021 educational programming by submitting your compelling research! Please review the guidelines on this page prior to submission. 


What you need to know before submitting

  1. To get started, sign in to your RSNA account. If you’re a new customer, you’ll need to create an account.

  2. Next, make sure your contact information and financial disclosures are up to date. To access the financial disclosure form, go to the "Committees & membership" tab within your RSNA account, scroll to the bottom of the "Financial disclosure form" section and click "View form."

    3. All authors, co-authors, faculty and presenters must complete this step. Financial disclosures must reflect the previous 24 months.*
  3. After all contact information and financial disclosures have been updated, you are now ready to
    submit your abstract.

Additional instructions are provided on the submission platform. 

Submission deadline

Abstract submissions for RSNA 2021 will be accepted through May 5 at noon Central Time (CT).

If you have questions, please contact us at programs@rsna.org or call 1-877-776-2227 (within U.S.) or 1-630-590-7774 (outside U.S.).

Types of abstracts

A variety of presentation types provide meeting attendees with wide-ranging opportunities to learn. Abstracts are considered in several formats.
Scientific presentation
Hypothesis-driven research that may be submitted as a paper to be presented orally or as a digital poster.
Education exhibit
Education exhibits should be designed to teach or review topics related to medical imaging. They may be presented as hardcopy or digital posters.
Quality improvement report
A presentation of quality assessment and improvement initiatives aimed at improving patient care in radiology. Reports may be presented as hardcopy or digital posters and all require an oral presentation.

Abstract submission overview

Submit abstracts for consideration using an online submission program, which allows you to save and edit your work during the submission period. All abstracts must be submitted online by the posted deadlines in order to be considered for acceptance.

You retain the copyright of your content and agree to give RSNA a limited, nonexclusive, royalty-free license to present and archive the content.

Abstract review process

All abstracts are evaluated through a double blind peer-review process.

Recognizing excellence

RSNA recognizes top presentations with the following awards.
Kuo York Chynn neuroradiology research award
A $3,000 prize awarded to the top scientific paper in neuroradiology as selected by the Scientific Program Committee.
Trainee research prizes
A $1,000 prize is awarded to an outstanding scientific presentation in each subspecialty presented by a resident, fellow, medical student or physics trainee.
Education exhibit awards
All eligible education exhibits are reviewed by the Education Exhibits Awards Committee appointed by the board of directors and awards are announced at the annual meeting.
Quality improvement report awards
All eligible quality improvement report exhibits are reviewed and awards are announced at the start of the Wednesday afternoon plenary.

RSNA CME Activity Disclosure

Disclosure Refusal Statement
The requirement for financial disclosure from committee members, planners, reviewers, authors, and presenters is a mandatory element in maintaining ACCME accreditation for all organizations that provide continuing education (CE) activities. If an individual refuses to disclose, he/she will not be permitted to participate as a planner, committee member, reviewer, author, or presenter.
*Financial Disclosure

As an ACCME-accredited provider, the RSNA must ensure that education is fair and balanced and that any clinical content presented supports safe, effective patient care. The ACCME defines ineligible companies as "those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients." 

Further, the provider must be able to show that individuals in a position to control the content of an education activity, including committee members, reviewers, planners, authors, and presenters, has disclosed all financial relationships with ineligible companies to the provider. Individuals in a position to control the content must disclose regardless of their view of the relevance of the relationship to the education. The provider must identify, mitigate, and disclose all identified financial relationships to an education activity being delivered to the learners.

If you have or have had within the previous 24 months such a relationship or affiliation, you must disclose this information. Likewise, disclosure that no relationship(s) exists is also required. The intent of this policy is not to prevent an individual with a financial relationship from participating; however, in accordance with ACCME standards, the RSNA has developed policies and procedures to manage identified financial relationships.