CALL FOR PAPERS: ================ Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biomedicine (EG VCBM) 2008 October 6-7, 2008 Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands Aims and Scope: =============== Visual Computing for Biomedicine addresses the integration of state-of-the-art visualization and image analysis for application to biomedical research. Integrating visualization and image analysis brings with it particular challenges, but also yields new possibilities, especially when extended for application to the wide gamut of biomedical research topics, such as molecular imaging, quantitative longitudinal studies, pre- and intra-operative surgical guidance, and computer-aided diagnosis. VCBM is unique in that it will bring together researchers and practitioners from visualization, image processing and (bio-)medicine. We expect to attract a number of attendees with (bio-)medical backgrounds, as well as from the surrounding academic medical centers. This will pose a unique opportunity to showcase the latest ideas from engineering and science, to get feedback from medical practitioners, and to explore new possibilities for cooperative research. VCBM solicits the submission of original application-oriented research papers that advance the fusion of visualization and image analysis with imaging-based medicine and biomedical science. All papers should focus on a well-defined biomedical context, and should demonstrate a significant innovation or improvement in visual computing that addresses ongoing problems in that context. Topics: ======= Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to: * Interactive segmentation and registration * Computer-aided diagnosis and detection * Facilitating medical research with visual computing * Intervention and therapy planning (e.g. pre-operative surgical planning and radiation therapy planning) * Intra-operative guidance for surgery * Ultra-sound based planning and intra-operative guidance * Visualization and Simulation for Surgical Training * Coupled simulation and visualization * Multi-field medical visualization and processing (multi-modality, structural + functional) * Processing and visualization of advanced modalities * Molecular imaging * Perception-based studies for medical visualization * Anatomical reconstruction from microscopy data * Creation and visualization of biological atlases * Ontology-based visualization * Visualization methods for neurobiology, plant biology and developmental biology Invited Speakers: ================= * Prof. dr. Heinz-Otto Peitgen, president of MeVis research, and * Prof. dr. Nicolas Ayache, research director at INRIA. Conference Location: ==================== VCBM 2008 will be held in Delft, The Netherlands. Picturesque Delft is ideally located in the Dutch "Randstad" (conurbation or megacity), close to the Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam and well-connected to the train network. The city is home to the Delft University of Technology, a world-famous technical research institute and also host to the VCBM workshop. In addition, there are three academic medical centers (Leiden, Rotterdam and Amsterdam) close by. Important Dates: ================ Paper submission: June 22, 2008 Author notification: August 8, 2008 Camera-ready papers: August 22, 2008 Conference: October 6 - 7, 2008 Workshop Co-chairs: =================== Charl Botha - Delft University of Technology Gordon Kindlmann - Harvard Medical School Wiro Niessen - Erasmus Medical Centre Bernhard Preim - University of Magdeburg International Program Committee: ================================ Dirk Bartz, Univ. Leipzig Katja Bühler, VRVis Wien Min Chen, University of Wales, Swansea Herve Delingette, INRIA Thomas Deserno (Lehmann), RWTH Aachen James Duncan, Yale University Thomas Ertl, University of Stuttgart Bernd Fischer, University of Lübeck Alejandro Frangi, Pompeu Fabra University James Gee, University of Pennsylvania Guido Gerig, University of Utah Polina Golland, MIT Eduard Gröller, Techn. Univ. Wien Horst Hahn, MeVis Research, Bremen Heinz Handels, University of Hamburg Peter Hastreiter, Univ. Erlangen Joachim Hornegger, University of Erlangen Arie Kaufmann, Stony Brook University, New York David Laidlaw, Brown University Boudewijn Lelieveldt, Leiden University Patric Ljung, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton Lars Linsen, Jacobs-Univ. Bremen Bill Lorensen Torsten Möller, Simon Fraser University Vancouver Klaus Müller, Stony Brook University, New York Nassir Navab, Technical University of Munich Josien Pluim, University of Utrecht Felix Ritter, MeVis Research, Bremen Bart ter Haar Romeny TU Eindhoven Timo Ropinski, Univ. Münster Daniel Rueckert, Imperial College Paul Suetens, KU Leuven Gabor Székely, ETH Zürich Ulf Tiede, University Hamburg Ragini Verma, University of Pennsylvania Anna Vilanova, TU Eindhoven Frans Vos, TU Delft Carl-Fredrik Westin, Harvard Medical School Ross Whitaker, University of Utah Ivo Wolf, DKFZ Heidelberg Anders Ynnermann, Norrköping Terry Yoo, NIH/NLM Stefan Zachow, Zuse-Institut Berlin Publication Information: ======================== Accepted papers will be presented at the workshop and will appear in the EG-published conference proceedings. A small number of excellent papers will be recommended for publication in the EG Journal Computer Graphics Forum. Contact Information: ==================== For more information please visit http://vcbm.org/ or contact: Charl Botha - c.p.botha(a)tudelft.nl Bernhard Preim - bernhard(a)isg.cs.uni-magdeburg.de Sponsors: ========= * IRTG 1131 * MeVis * NWO * Eurographics