[vtk-developers] Quantitative Medical Imaging (QMI) Meeting Call for Papers (Due March 6, 2013)

[Rick Avila]

*Call for Papers:

The Optical Society of America (OSA) has added a Quantitative Medical
Imaging<http://www.osa.org/ja-jp/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/imaging_and_applied_optics/quantitative_medical_imaging/>(QMI)
meeting to the 2013 Imaging
and Applied Optics
Congress<http://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/imaging_and_applied_optics/>(June
23-27, 2013). The focus of the QMI meeting is to advance the science
of medical imaging algorithms and systems designed to calculate objective,
effective, and reproducible quantitative imaging biomarkers. The meeting
will cover both basic and applied research on image-based detection and
measurement methods for all medical imaging modalities including current
image acquisition methods, such as CT, X-Ray, MRI, PET, Ultrasound,
Nuclear, as well as emerging biomedical image acquisition methods, such as
OCT and thermography.  An emphasis will be placed on automated methods and
the optimization of imaging systems and image analysis algorithms. The
meeting will cover research topics relevant to optimizing imaging biomarker
performance including medical imaging algorithms, such as segmentation and
registration algorithms, and medical imaging physics, such as image
reconstruction, quality assurance phantoms, image quality metrics, and
image correction methods. Optimization of algorithm performance with
respect to image modality parameters, such as fundamental imaging
characteristics and radiation dose, is highly relevant to this meeting. The
integration of these methodologies in Computer-Aided Detection and
Diagnostic systems will also be covered. The meeting program will mainly
consist of scientific paper presentations with sufficient time allotted for
Q&A and comments. Research on quantitative metrics for all imaging methods
involved in patient care is sought, including but not limited to diffusion
tensor imaging, CT perfusion, cardiac calcification, and the analysis of
histology and pathology images. The meeting will emphasize demonstrating
scientific reproducibility, thus algorithm performance challenges and open
science practices will be encouraged.

We encourage the submission of short (up to 3 page) papers by March 6, 2013.
Authors of accepted papers will present at the QMI meeting and the accepted
papers will be published in the Proceedings of the Congress as part
ofOSA’s Optics
Infobase <http://www.opticsinfobase.org/> digital library. A selection of
meeting papers, expanded to full length papers, will also be published in a
special issue of OSA’s Optics Infobase library utilizing Interactive
Science Publishing <http://www.opticsinfobase.org/isp.cfm> technology to
support open science practices.

More information on the QMI meeting, including paper submission
instructions, can be found here: QMI
Meeting<http://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/optics_and_photonics_congresses/imaging_and_applied_optics/quantitative_medical_imaging/>
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Important Dates:
Paper Submission Deadline: March 6, 2013
Imaging and Applied Optics Congress: June 23-27, 2013:

Chairs:
Rick Avila - Kitware
Raul San Jose Estopar - Brigham & Women’s Hospital*
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