The use of medical imaging technologies has increased steadily at recent Olympic games, and the trend is expected to continue at the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games in February. A team of 19 radiologists and 51 technologists has been assembled to image injured Olympians and interpret their scans. The team is  led by Dr. Bruce Forster, the University of B.C. radiology professor and clinician who is the imaging manager for the 2010 Olympics. Overall, radiologists expect they will perform an estimated 900 diagnostic imaging exam on athletes and officials during the upcoming winter games. That’s a 40 percent increase over the last winter games in Torino, which in turn conducted 40 percent more DI exams than the previous games in Salt Lake City, Utah.   

Six members of the imaging team have agreed to share their experiences by regular postings to this Scanning the 2010 Games blog site. Visit often to read their blogs over the course of the Games.

• Bruce Forster - Imaging Supervisor, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver BC
• Luck Louis - Assistant Imaging Supervisor, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver BC
• Mark Cresswell - Assistant Imaging Supervisor, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver BC
• Karen Smith - Technologist Supervisor, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver BC
• Sue Murray - Assistant Technologist Supervisor, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Vancouver BC
• Rhonda Walcarius - MRI Technologist, Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Toronto, ON