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<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><img width="161" height="29" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3466F.2E2C0F70"></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Leiden, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">June 28 & 29, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Website: <b>wbir2018.nl<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:red">Manuscript submission deadline: Jan 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are pleased to announce the 8th International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration, WBIR2018, held in Leiden,
The Netherlands!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The workshop brings together leading researchers in the area of biomedical image registration to present and discuss
recent developments and methodology in the field. The workshop will include both oral and poster presentations, an image registration challenge, and ample opportunities for discussion. At the social events you will discover the beauty of Leiden, its lovely
canals, and excellent food and drinks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Paper submission: Jan 12, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Notification: Feb 23, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Camera ready: March 23, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Conference: June 28/29, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">SCOPE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Submissions are invited in all areas of biomedical image registration. Topics of interest include, but are not limited
to:</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#444444;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Novel registration methodology: 2D/3D/4D, spatiotemporal/dynamic, slice-to-volume, projective, single/multi-modal, intra/inter-subject, shape registration,
model-based, patch-based, multi-channel, tracking, real-time, similarity measures, machine learning / deep learning techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mathematical aspects of image registration: continuous/discrete optimization methods, diffeomorphisms, LDDMM, stationary velocity, inverse consistency,
multi-scale <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Biomedical applications of registration: computer-assisted interventions, image-guided therapy, treatment planning/delivery, diagnosis/prognosis,
atlas-based segmentation, label fusion, histopathology correlation, motion-compensated reconstruction, serial studies, morphometry, biomechanics, image retrieval/restoration/fusion, imaging biomarkers for precision medicine, radiomics & radiogenomics<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Early proof of concept, with potential use in biomedical applications<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="margin-left:18.0pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-18.0pt;line-height:115%;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Validation of registration: quantitative and qualitative methods, benchmarking,<br>
comparison studies, phantom studies, correlation to outcome<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ORGANIZING COMMITTEE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stefan Klein - Erasmus MC, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Marius Staring - Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stanley Durrleman - INRIA/ICM ARAMIS Lab, France<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="Body" style="text-align:justify;line-height:115%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Stefan Sommer - University of Copenhagen, Denmark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">With kind regards, on behalf of the organizing committee,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Marius Staring, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Division of Image Processing (LKEB)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Department of Radiology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Leiden University Medical Center<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">PO Box 9600, 2300 RC Leiden, Postzone C2-s, room C3-53, The Netherlands<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">phone: +31 (0)71 52 62137, fax: +31 (0)71 524 8256, m.staring@lumc.nl<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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