The number of attendees at the recently concluded German Radiology Congress (RöKo 2016) in Leipzig dropped by nearly 10%.
The total number of participants was 6,752 this year, down 9.5% compared with 7,463 last year, when the congress was held in Hamburg. The comparable figures for 2014 and 2013 were 7,529 and 7,089 respectively.
Attendance figures for RöKo 2016
Physicians | 3,104 |
Radiographers/radiography students | 1,531 |
Other students | 368 |
Industry | 1,411 |
Press | 58 |
Other | 280 |
Total | 6,752 |
While the total number of congress attendees dropped, the numbers of radiologists and radiographers who attended did not, and the program was a success, according to a DRG spokesperson.