Attendance at the RSNA 2013 conference in Chicago was basically flat compared with the year before, according to preliminary figures released by the Oak Brook, Illinois, U.S., society.
By Thursday, December 5, RSNA was reporting total attendance of 53,169, essentially unchanged compared with Thursday attendance of 52,973 at the 2012 edition of the meeting. The 2012 meeting itself saw attendance decline 9% compared to 2011.
Professional attendance at RSNA 2013 grew 1% compared with 2012, to 26,572 attendees from 26,266 professionals at the 2012 meeting, according to preliminary numbers for both years. The number of attendees in the "guest/other" category declined 2%, to 5,279 in 2013 compared with 5,413 at the same point in 2012.
The number of exhibitor attendees essentially stayed the same this year, at 21,318 attendees, compared with 21,294 exhibitor attendees in 2012.
