sentences:  Vienna was soon selected, due to its geographical location in the heart of Europe.The society ‘Verein Europäischer Röntgenkongress’ (ECR) was founded, and a congress-organising institution was established at the Medical Academy of Vienna.The first ‘new’ European Congress of Radiology was opened on Saturday, September 15, 1991 under the presidency of Prof. Dr. Lissner.