[ITK-dev] Hackathon Following WBIR

[Matt McCormick]

Leiden, The Netherlands
June 28 & 29, 2018
Website: wbir2018.nl
New: Call for 1-page abstracts: deadline April 1, 2018
New: Continuous Registration Challenge – Participate!
New: Post-WBIR Hackathon

Dear colleagues,

We have some exciting updates on the 8th International Workshop on
Biomedical Image Registration, WBIR2018, held in Leiden, the
Netherlands. For more info, please visit our website
https://wbir2018.nl. We have a draft program online (confirmed keynote
speech by Prof.dr. Max Welling, authority on machine learning!), and
you may now register to attend the conference!

CALL FOR 1-PAGE ABSTRACTS

Missed the full paper submission deadline, but still want to
participate? Submit a 1-page abstract by April 1! Abstracts will
undergo a (mild) single-blind review and will be presented as posters
(including a 2-minute plenary pitch) at the conference, but will not
appear in the proceedings. We are excited to hear about your latest
technical breakthroughs, clinical application studies, and also
welcome abstracts of recently published or submitted journal papers.

CONTINUOUS REGISTRATION CHALLENGE

WBIR2018 will include a special session on the Continuous Registration
Challenge (CRC). CRC is a new collaborative software platform for
medical image registration. Please check it out at
https://continuousregistration.grand-challenge.org, attend one of the
weekly webinars, and participate!

Post-WBIR Hackathon
In collaboration with the Insight Toolkit (ITK) community and Kitware,
we will host a hackathon on the day after the main conference (June
30). Participation is free of charge.

IMPORTANT DATES

▪ Camera ready: March 23, 2018
▪ 1-page abstract submission: April 1, 2018
▪ Notification for 1-page abstracts: April 10, 2018
▪ Early-bird registration deadline May 1, 2018
▪ Conference: June 28/29, 2018
▪ Post-WBIR Hackathon June 30, 2018

SCOPE

Submissions are invited in all areas of biomedical image registration.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

▪ 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
▪ Mathematical aspects of image registration: continuous/discrete
optimization methods, diffeomorphisms, LDDMM, stationary velocity,
inverse consistency, multi-scale
▪ 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
▪ Early proof of concept, with potential use in biomedical applications
▪ Validation of registration: quantitative and qualitative methods,
benchmarking, comparison studies, phantom studies, correlation to
outcome

The conference papers will be published in the Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS).

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Stefan Klein - Erasmus MC, The Netherlands
Marius Staring - Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Stanley Durrleman - INRIA/ICM ARAMIS Lab, France
Stefan Sommer - University of Copenhagen, Denmark