Call for papers

First Call for Papers and Tutorials

MICCAI 2006, http://www.miccai2006.dk
9th International Conference on
Medical Image Computing & Computer Assisted Intervention
COPENHAGEN, Denmark
October 1-6, 2006

Mads Nielsen, General Chair
Anthony Maeder, General Co-chair
Nobuhiko Hata, General Co-chair

Rasmus Larsen, Program Chair
David Hawkes, Program Co-chair
Wiro Niessen, Program Co-chair

Jon Sporring, Tutorials and Workshop Chair

Paper submission deadline: March 10, 2006 at midnight Central European Time. NB: The paper submission deadline has been extended to March 13, 2006 at 8 a.m. GMT

General Information

MICCAI 2006, the 9th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention will be held on October 1st to 6th 2006 in Copenhagen (web site: http://www.miccai2006.dk). The venue for the main conference is the newly renovated Tivoli Gardens Concert Hall in the centre of Copenhagen. Copenhagen is the life science capitol of Northern Europe situated in a region spanning Eastern Denmark and Southern Sweden. The region contains 14 universities with a total of 140,000 students and a dense cluster of biotech, medtech, and pharmaceutical industry.

MICCAI is the premier international conference with in-depth papers for medical image computing, computer-assisted intervention and medical robotics. The multidisciplinary nature of these emerging fields brings together clinicians, bioscientists, computer scientists, engineers, physicists & other researchers who are contributing to, and need to keep abreast of, advances in the methodology and applications.

Full details can be found at the Conference Website: http://www.miccai2006.dk

Conference Schedule

Submission of Papers

We invite electronic submissions for MICCAI 2006 (LNCS style, double blind review) of 8-page papers (oral or poster presentation): Papers will be reviewed by members of the program review committee and assessed for quality and best means of presentation. Besides advances in methodology, we would also like to encourage submission of papers that demonstrate clinical relevance, clinical applications, and validation studies. The website for submission will open in January 2006.

Tutorials

Tutorials will be held on October 1st 2006 and will complement and enhance the scientific program of MICCAI 2006. The purpose is to provide educational material for training new professionals (students, clinicians, and new researchers in the field). They will also provide opportunity for discussing technical and application issues. Questions, proposals, etc. should be sent to the workshop and tutorial chair, Jon Sporring (sporring at diku.dk). The deadline for submitting tutorial proposals is April 7th 2006.

Topics

Topics to be addressed in MICCAI 2006 include, but are not limited to:

General Medical Image Computing

• Data-driven segmentation
• Anatomical atlases, object-based models and model-matching
• Time series analysis
• Functional image analysis
• Co-registration (alignment) and image fusion
• Combination of information across scales
• Quantitative analysis
• Finite element models
• Tensor & vector field analysis

Computer Assisted Interventional Systems and Robotics

• Instrument & patient localization & tracking
• Planning of interventions, invasive & minimally invasive
• Simulation & training systems
• Computer aided endoscopy
• Guidance of surgery & minimally invasive procedures
• Robotics
• Clinical evaluation of systems
• Safety issues
• Medical telepresence & telesurgery

Neuroscience Image Computing

• Brain mapping via PET, SPECT, fMRI, EEG, MEG and optical imaging
• Fusion of structural & functional information
• Neuro-anatomical assessment tools
• Image computing for the study of neurological systems

Visualization and Feedback

• Applications to different organs & systems
• New display systems
• Enhanced, virtual or augmented reality
• Non-visual feedback

New Applications for Specific Imaging Systems

• Magnetic resonance (MRI) applications
• CT & new x-ray tomography applications
• Nuclear medicine

Biological Image Analysis

• Conventional & confocal microscopy
• Molecular imaging & macroscopic optical imaging
• Nano to micro imaging

Bioscience Applications & Computer-Aided Diagnosis

• Biomechanics, tissue modeling & deformation
• Applications to different clinical specialties
• Quantitative validation