[Insight-users] MICCAI Workshop on Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging 2011 DEADLINE EXTENDED

[Cristina Oyarzun]

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DEADLINE EXTENDED until Jun 30, 2011!

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MICCAI 2011 Workshop on
Computational and Clinical Applications in Abdominal Imaging

September 18, 2011
Westin Harbor Castle, Toronto, Canada

Website: http://abdominal-miccai.org/
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SCOPE AND TOPICS

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.
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:

    * Virtual colonoscopy and CAD
          o Detection of polyps in CT colonography
            Electronic cleansing of the colon in CT colonography
            CAD for reduced-laxative or laxative-free CT colonography
            CAD for Crohn's diseases in CT/MR enterography
            CAD for MR colonography, capsule endoscopy, and other emerging
modalities
            CAD for abdominal tumor/organ analysis in CT/MR, such as liver,
kidney, bladder, pancreas, etc.
            Visualization and navigation in CT colonography: distortion-free
colon flattening, patch view
            Registration methods in CT colonography: supine-prone,
colonoscopy-CT registration
            Clinical implications of CAD in CT colonography, cystography,
and other abdominal images


    * Abdominal Intervention
          o Intra-operative navigation and tracking: tool tracking, organ
tracking, and tumor tracking
            Augmented reality techniques for intervention, haptic devices,
3D US reconstruction
            Inter- and intra-modality registration for planning and
intervention: US, CT, MRI, DWI, PET
            Registration methods for pre- and post-operative data
            Visualization methods for operation planning
            Segmentation methods for operation planning and intervention
            Clinical applications in radio-frequency ablation, open surgery,
and minimally invasive surgery


    * Computational anatomy
          o Abdominal multi-organ modeling and segmentation
            Abdominal atlases
            Shape analysis and morphology in abdominal structures and organs

            Identification of parameters and error analysis in complex
computational models
            Detection of anatomical and functional landmarks and their role
in the optimization of analysis
            Detection and analysis of difficult lesions in the abdomen
            Dynamic, functional, physiologic, and anatomical abdominal
imaging
            Registration methods for abdominal intra- and inter-patient
variability
            Strategies for personalization models of the abdomen
            Clinical applications of imaging and modeling techniques

PAPER SUBMISSION

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.
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.
Accepted papers will be published as a post-proceedings volume in the
Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series after the workshop.


WORKSHOP FORMAT

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.

IMPORTANT DATES

    * June 30, 2011: Paper submission due date
    * July 15, 2011: Notification of acceptance
    * August 15, 2011: Final camera-ready paper submission due date


CONTACT

Inquires about the workshop should be sent to the Information Desk (
info at abdominal-miccai.org).

ORGANIZERS (in alphabetical order)

    * Marius George Linguraru - National Institutes of Health, USA
    * Georgios Sakas - Technische Universitaet Darmstadt / Fraunhofer
Institute for Computer Graphics Research IGD, Germany
    * Hiro Yoshida - Massachusetts General Hospital / Harvard Medical
School, USA

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