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Medical Imaging: Perspectives on Perception and Diagnostics

2-DAY INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ORGANIZED IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE
SEVENTH INDIAN CONFERENCE ON COMPUTER VISION, GRAPHICS AND IMAGE
PROCESSING (ICVGIP) 2010

9-10 December 2010
IIT Delhi
http://www.cse.iitd.ac.in/~sumantra/medimage2010

CALL FOR PAPERS

The medical imaging community is growing fast. At the same time,
increased computing power and robust algorithms are making it
possible for us to harness these advances for understanding human
perception better and create models of perception-based machine
intelligence. For example, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can
be used to capture both structure and function of the various
organs of the body. Using mathematical techniques that precisely
map the location and orientation of protons, maps for anatomical
structures may be constructed by magnetic resonance of protons in
the tissues in response to a radio frequency perturbation.
Further, using the preferential diffusion of water molecules in
the direction of myelinated nerve fibres, diffusion tensors may
be created for understanding the structural connectivity of the
brain. Both of these may be different in healthy and diseased
conditions. Metabolic signatures and blood flow regulation of the
brain can be captured using advanced sensors to understand and
predict how the outer world is represented in our mental space.
These may also be subject to various image/signal processing
techniques to get meaningful information and patterns. This
information may be used in 3-D and 4-D reconstruction techniques
using multi-resolution and component analysis.

In this symposium, these issues will be addressed to understand
how they might be useful for (a) processing of medical images
that lead to better diagnostic support for the clinicians, (b)
understanding the neural basis of various perceptual processes
such as vision and audition, and (c) creating robust
computational architectures for intelligent machines based on
information content of the images. Papers describing original
research are solicited for possible publication in the symposium.
The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Medical Image Enhancement
fMRI/Diffusion Image Analysis
Neural basis of perceptual processes
Models of cerebral blood flow regulation

Paper submission: Original work in Extended Abstract versions of
papers in PDF format (limited to 1000 words, but may include upto
three figures and/or tables), in accordance with the ICVGIP'10
format, available at
http://www.ee.iitm.ac.in/icvgip10/icvgip_template_for_review.zip
may be submitted on or before 31 October 2010 at
medimage2010@gmail.com. Acceptances will be notified by 15
November 2010. An electronic version of the Proceedings will be
released at the symposium.

The symposium will feature plenary talks by well-known experts in
the field of medical imaging, computer vision and perceptual
organization who will deliver state-of-the-art lectures during
this event.

Important dates:
Submissions due: 31 October 2010
Acceptance notification: 15 November 2010
Email: medimage2010@gmail.com
Registration Fees: Faculty Members of Educational Institutions
and Scientists: Rs.1000, Students: Rs.500 

Plenary Speakers

 

Baba C. Vemuri, University of Florida (UFL), Gainesville

Baba C. Vemuri received the PhD degree in electrical and computer
engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1987. He is
currently a University Research Foundation professor of computer
and information sciences and engineering. His research interests
include medical image analysis, computational vision, modeling
for vision and graphics, applied mathematics and
diffusion-weighted MRI and diffusion tensor MRI.

 

Rachid Deriche, INRIA

Rachid Deriche is Research Director at INRIAin the Sophia
Antipolis-Mediterranee Research Center where he leads the team
ATHENA focused on the Computational Imaging of the Central
Nervous System. Computational CNS Imaging with a particular
emphasis on the understanding and the processing of the CNS
anatomical connectivity through Diffusion MRI and its combination
with other modalities such as fMRI, MEG or EEG. His other
interests include the development and application of mathematical
and computational imaging methods to help understand how the
brain works and acquire a better understanding of its mechanisms.

 

Sarang Joshi, University of Utah

Sarang Joshi received his DSc in Electrical Engineering from
Washington University in St. Louis, and is currently an Associate
Professor at The Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute
(SCI), University of Utah. Recently he spent a year as a visiting
scientist in the Department of Medical Physics at DKFZ (German
Cancer Research Center) in Heidelberg, Germany, where he focused
on developing four dimensional radiation therapy approaches for
improved treatment of Prostate and Lung Cancer. His main research
interests lie in Image Understanding, Computer Vision and Shape
Analysis.

 

Peter Basser, NIH

Peter Basser received his AB, SM and PhD degrees in Engineering
Sciences from Harvard University, where his doctoral research
focused on experimental and theoretical aspects of flow in
collapsible tubes. He received his postdoctoral training in
Bioengineering as a Staff Fellow in the Biomedical Engineering
and Instrumentation Branch (BEIP), NIH. In 1997, Dr Basser moved
to NICHD, where he became Chief of the Section on Tissue
Biophysics and Biomimetics. His group focuses on various aspects
of tissue biology, particularly using quantitative methods for
studying structure/function relationships in soft tissues, and
assessing their changes in development, disease and degeneration.
Dr Basser's group is primarily known for the invention,
development, and clinical implementation of MR diffusion tensor
imaging (DTI), and for explaining the physical basis of magnetic
stimulation of nerve fibers.

General Co-Chairs: Baba C Vemuri (UFL), Santanu Chaudhury (IITD)
Organizing Co- Chairs: Sumantra Dutta Roy (IITD), Shantanu Ghosh
(IITD), Atananendu S Mandal (CEERI Pilani)
Industry Liaison Chair: Shashi B Mehta (Philips India)