[General] VCBM 2018 / Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine CALL FOR POSTERS

=== VCBM 2018 Call for Posters === Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 2018 in Granada, Spain Collocated with MICCAI 2018 *) Workshop Dates: September 20-21, 2018 *) Poster Submission Deadline: August 31, 2018 == Aims and Scope == EG VCBM ( <http://www.vcbm.org/> http://www.vcbm.org/), the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, is an annual event addressing the state of the art in visual computing research with a strong focus on applications in biology and medicine. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for experts (researchers and practitioners) from visualization, visual analytics, computer graphics, image processing, computer vision, human computer interfaces as well as experts from biology and medicine, jointly working on next generation visual computing solutions for medicine, healthcare and the biotechnology sector. This year’s workshop (already the 8th VCBM since its foundation in 2008) will be held during September 20-21, 2018, in Granada, Spain. It will be collocated with the MICCAI conference. EG VCBM solicits the submission of original, application-oriented research posters that advance the fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. Suggested topics for posters include, but are not limited to: *) Visual computing solutions for medical applications like radiology, surgery, pathology, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, etc., including medical education *) Visual computing solutions for applications that support biomedical research in systems biology, *omics research, molecular pathology, neuroanatomy, biomedical imaging, etc. *) Medical simulation and visual computing solutions that support new approaches in computational medicine, including also the uses of stereoscopy and haptics *) Visualization approaches for data from new or challenging imaging modalities including real-time imaging (e.g., ultrasound) *) Visual computing solutions in the context of the virtual physiological human Methods might include, but are not limited to: *) Visualization and analysis of all kinds of biomedical data (signals and images) *) Visualization, mining and analysis of biomedical data collections, including cohort data *) Information visualization of medical data sets, e.g., electronic health records *) Computer models of biomechanical, physiological, and biochemical functions in living systems *) Fusion, analysis and visualization of heterogeneous and/or multi-source data *) Multi-scale methods and data structures for large data *) Interaction and design of visual computing workflows in medicine and biology *) Data tracking and registration *) Data reconstruction and geometry extraction *) Real time rendering and interaction with anatomy models In addition, we welcome research overview posters summarizing biomedical visualization research on topics above. This is an excellent way to highlight for example the work done in the scope of a PhD project, to promote PhD direction discussion with experts, or to present activities of a specific research group. == Information for Authors == EG VCBM 2018 continues the poster track to enable researchers to present their work in progress, minor improvements beyond the state-of-the-art, and the best results of the undergraduate student projects in the area of visual computing for biology and medicine. Accepted posters will be placed in the workshop area during the time of the event, and the program will feature a dedicated poster session where the authors have the opportunity to present their research and lead fruitful discussions with peer researchers that will inspire for future research and cooperation. == Submission Instructions == The submission to the poster track at EG VCBM consists of a ½ – 1 page abstract (12pt) optionally including pictures. The posters will be reviewed by the poster conference chairs and the abstracts of the accepted posters will be included in the conference publications. The material from the poster can be re-used for a full paper submission somewhere else and this act is not to be considered as a self-plagiarism. Authors of the accepted posters are expected to bring their poster to the conference, register for the conference participation, and present their work at the poster at the time of the poster session. Please submit your non-anonymized poster submissions including authors names, affiliations, and acknowledgments to <mailto:posters-vcbm2018@eg.org> posters-vcbm2018(a)eg.org. More information is also be available on the VCBM 2018 website: <http://www.vcbm.org/> http://www.vcbm.org/ == Important Dates == *) Poster submission deadline: August 31, 2018 *) Author notification: September 7, 2018 *) Workshop: September 20-21, 2018 All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1). -- Sincerely, the Poster Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2018, Kai Lawonn (University of Koblenz · Landau, Germany), and Noeska Smit (University of Bergen, Norway)