<h2>CALL FOR PAPERS</h2>
MICCAI 2011 Workshop on<br>
<small><u><big>Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal
Imaging</big></u></small><br>
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September 18, 2011<br>
Westin Harbor Castle, Toronto, Canada<br>
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<u>SCOPE AND TOPICS</u><br>
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The workshop aims to bring together leading researchers and
clinicians in the fields of medical imaging, computational
modeling, computer-aided diagnosis, and interventional imaging to
discuss emerging techniques and clinical challenging in the field
of abdominal imaging. The workshop will be a forum for the
dissemination of the state-of-the-art research and technologies,
the initiation of collaborations and the exploration of new
clinical applications for diagnosis, interventions, assessment and
monitoring in abdominal imaging. <br>
Following and expanding the previous workshops in the same
discipline, the workshop will focus on the following three rapidly
growing fields in abdominal imaging this year: <br>
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<ul><li><small>Virtual colonoscopy and CAD</small></li><ul><li><small>Detection of polyps in CT colonography</small><br>
<small>Electronic cleansing of the colon in CT colonography<br>
CAD for reduced-laxative or laxative-free CT colonography<br>
CAD for Crohn's diseases in CT/MR enterography<br>
CAD for MR colonography, capsule endoscopy, and other
emerging modalities<br>
CAD for abdominal tumor/organ analysis in CT/MR, such as
liver, kidney, bladder, pancreas, etc.<br>
Visualization and navigation in CT colonography:
distortion-free colon flattening, patch view<br>
Registration methods in CT colonography: supine-prone,
colonoscopy-CT registration<br>
Clinical implications of CAD in CT colonography,
cystography, and other abdominal images<br>
</small></li></ul><li><small>Abdominal Intervention</small></li><ul><li><small>Intra-operative navigation and tracking: tool
tracking, organ tracking, and tumor tracking</small><br>
<small>Augmented reality techniques for intervention, haptic
devices, 3D US reconstruction<br>
Inter- and intra-modality registration for planning and
intervention: US, CT, MRI, DWI, PET<br>
Registration methods for pre- and post-operative data<br>
Visualization methods for operation planning<br>
Segmentation methods for operation planning and intervention<br>
Clinical applications in radio-frequency ablation, open
surgery, and minimally invasive surgery<br>
</small></li></ul><li><small>Computational anatomy</small></li><ul><li><small>Abdominal multi-organ modeling and segmentation</small><br>
<small>Abdominal atlases<br>
Shape analysis and morphology in abdominal structures and
organs<br>
Identification of parameters and error analysis in complex
computational models<br>
Detection of anatomical and functional landmarks and their
role in the optimization of analysis<br>
Detection and analysis of difficult lesions in the abdomen<br>
Dynamic, functional, physiologic, and anatomical abdominal
imaging<br>
Registration methods for abdominal intra- and inter-patient
variability<br>
Strategies for personalization models of the abdomen<br>
Clinical applications of imaging and modeling techniques<br>
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<small><u>PAPER SUBMISSION</u><br>
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Papers will be limited to eight pages following the MICCAI
submission guidelines. Prospective authors should refer to the
Paper Submission section on the workshop website for details on
how to submit papers to be presented at the workshop.<br>
All submissions will be peer-reviewed by at least 2 members of the
program committee. The selection of the papers will be based on
the significance of results, novelty, technical merit, relevance
and clarity of presentation. Papers will be presented in a day
long single track workshop starting with plenary sessions. A
poster session will accommodate further discussion on new ideas.<br>
Accepted papers will be published as a post-proceedings volume in
the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series after
the workshop.<br>
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<u>WORKSHOP FORMAT</u><br>
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Accepted papers will be presented in a day long single track
workshop. The final program will consist of invited speakers and
original papers with time allocated for discussions as well as a
poster session. Electronic proceedings will be arranged for all of
the papers and posters presented at the workshop.<br>
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<u>IMPORTANT DATES</u><br>
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<ul><li><small><b>June 15, 2011</b>: Paper submission due date</small></li><li><small>July 15, 2011: Notification of acceptance</small></li><li><small>August 15, 2011: Final camera-ready paper submission
due date</small></li></ul>
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<u>CONTACT</u><br>
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Inquires about the workshop should be sent to the Information Desk
(<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@abdominal-miccai.org">info@abdominal-miccai.org</a>).</small><br>
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<small><u>ORGANIZERS</u> (in alphabetical order)<br>
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<ul><li><small>Marius George Linguraru - National Institutes of
Health, USA</small></li><li><small>Georgios Sakas - Technische Universitaet Darmstadt /
Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD,
Germany</small></li><li><small>Hiro Yoshida - Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard
Medical School, USA</small></li></ul>
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