The deputy ruler of Dubai and United Arab Emirates' (UAE) minister of finance, Sheikh Hamdan Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, toured the extensive exhibition halls and officially opened the meeting during the first day of Arab Health 2018.
Sheikh Hamdan (shown front left) attends the opening of Arab Health 2018. Image courtesy of Arab Health.The organizers of the event in Dubai, UAE, expect to draw more than 4,200 exhibiting companies and 103,000 attendees from more than 150 countries. The event includes presentations on a broad range of healthcare topics, including medical imaging and 3D printing. It is being supported by the European Society of Radiology, which is organizing a session this week.
Arab Health runs from 29 January to 01 February.
![Images show the pectoralis muscles of a healthy male individual who never smoked (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; body mass index [BMI, calculated as weight in kilograms divided by height in meters squared], 28.4; number of cigarette pack-years, 0; forced expiratory volume in 1 second [FEV1], 97.6% predicted; FEV1: forced vital capacity [FVC] ratio, 0.71; pectoralis muscle area [PMA], 59.4 cm2; pectoralis muscle volume [PMV], 764 cm3) and a male individual with a smoking history and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD) (age, 66 years; height, 178 cm; BMI, 27.5; number of cigarette pack-years, 43.2, FEV1, 48% predicted; FEV1:FVC, 0.56; PMA, 35 cm2; PMV, 480.8 cm3) from the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (i.e., CanCOLD) study. The CT image is shown in the axial plane. The PMV is automatically extracted using the developed deep learning model and overlayed onto the lungs for visual clarity.](https://img.auntminnie.com/mindful/smg/workspaces/default/uploads/2026/03/genkin.25LqljVF0y.jpg?auto=format%2Ccompress&crop=focalpoint&dpr=2&fit=crop&h=167&q=70&w=250)
