Attendance at the German Radiology Congress (Deutscher Röntgenkongress, RöKo 2018) in Leipzig declined 8% this year compared with the 2017 meeting, according to the German Radiological Society (DRG).
Attendance decreased from 6,673 in 2017 to 6,145 this year, with most of the decline coming from the radiographer and industry attendee categories.
| RöKo 2018 attendance figures | ||
| Participants | 2017 | 2018 |
| Radiologists, medical physicists, scientists | 3,099 | 3,054 |
| Radiographers/radiographer students | 1,469 | 1,312 |
| Other students | 345 | 329 |
| Industry | 1,389 | 1,109 |
| Press | 61 | 52 |
| Other | 310 | 289 |
| Total | 6,673 | 6,145 |
RöKo will be held in Leipzig until at least 2020, according to the DRG.
