First Announcement and Call for Papers

MICCAI 2001

4th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 14-17 October 2001

Scope and aim of the conference

MICCAI is the premier annual conference on medical image computing and computer-assisted intervention. The single-track conference has an interdisciplinary character, bringing together scientists and clinicians. It provides the international forum for developments concerning all aspects of medical image processing and visualisation, image-guided and computer-aided techniques and robot technology in medicine.

Schedule

  • March 1, 2001: Paper submission
  • May 21, 2001: Notification to authors
  • July 1, 2001: Camera-ready papers due
  • September 1, 2001: Early registration deadline

Topics include but are not restricted to

Medical Image Computing
  • Image Segmentation and Quantitative Analysis
  • Image Registration and Fusion
  • Time Series Analysis
  • Anatomical Atlases
  • Visualisation
  • Patient-Specific Simulation and Planning
  • Computer-Aided Diagnosis
  • Virtual and Augmented Reality
  • Biomechanical Modelling
Computer-Assisted Intervention
  • Instrument and Patient Localisation and Tracking
  • Image-Guided Therapy and Surgery
  • Peroperative Imaging and Data Fusion
  • Robotic Manipulators
  • Clinical Applications of Computer-Assisted Systems
  • Clinical Evaluation of Computer-Assisted Intervention
  • Safety Issues
  • Medical Telepresence and Telesurgery
  • Surgical Simulators

Paper submissions:

Long (eight pages maximum) and short (two pages maximum) papers can be submitted electronically until 1 March 2001. The MICCAI 2001 style file, which can be downloaded from the conference website, must be used.

Short papers may discuss methodological works in progress, hardware prototypes, or clinical case studies. For the complete instructions on paper submission, please see the conference web site http://miccai.isi.uu.nl

Tutorial submissions: The conference organises tutorials on Sunday, 14 October 2001. Proposals for contributions should be submitted to the tutorial chair (miccai_tut@isi.uu.nl) before 1 March 2001.

Industrial Exhibition:

MICCAI is a forum where scientific researchers, clinicians and industry meet. MICCAI 2001 offers the possibility for an industrial exhibit during the whole conference. You are invited to present your products and developments. Please see the conference website for further details or contact the chair of the industrial exhibition board (miccai_ind@isi.uu.nl).

General Conference Board Max Viergever, The Netherlands (Chair)
Takeyoshi Dohi, Japan
Michael Vannier, USA
Programme Board Wiro Niessen, The Netherlands (Chair)
Nicholas Ayache, France
Richard Bucholz, USA
James Duncan, USA
Dave Hawkes, UK
Ron Kikinis, USA
Lutz Nolte, Switzerland
Kenneth Salisbury, USA
Jun-Ichiro Toriwaki, Japan
Dirk Vandermeulen, Belgium
Tutorial Board Twan Maintz, The Netherlands (chair)
Amir Amini, USA
Guido Gerig, USA
Karl Heinz Hohne, Germany
Shinichi Tamura, Japan
Industrial Exhibition Board Bart ter Haar Romeny, The Netherlands (chair)
Kunio Doi, USA
Mads Nielsen, Denmark
Noboru Niki, Japan
Terry Peters, Canada
Conference Manager Sandra Boeijink, The Netherlands
Caroline Hop, The Netherlands

Further information:

MICCAI 2001 Conference
Image Sciences Institute
UMC E01.334
Heidelberglaan 100
3584 CX Utrecht
The Netherlands
Phone: +31 30 250 7772/6695
Fax: +31 30 251 3399
Email: miccai@isi.uu.nl
Website: http://miccai.isi.uu.nl