[Imageworld] Second Call for Papers and Deadline Extension: 2008 MICCAI Workshop on Computational Diffusion MRI

[Paul Yushkevich]

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 SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
 2008 MICCAI Workshop on Computational Diffusion MRI
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 Wednesday, September 10, 2008, 8am to 5pm
 The Kimmel Center at New York University, New York, NY, USA

 Website: http://picsl.upenn.edu/cdmri08
 Printable flyer: http://picsl.upenn.edu/cdmri08/flyer.pdf

 Paper submission deadline: May 23, 2008 ***extended***

 CALL FOR PAPERS

 Over the last decade interest in diffusion MRI has exploded.  The technique
 provides a unique insight into the microstructure of living tissue and
 enables in-vivo connectivity mapping of the brain.  Microstructural changes
 are often the earliest signs of disease or tissue regeneration.
 Tractography and connectivity mapping give fundamental new insights in
 neuroscience and neuroanatomy.  The variety of clinical applications is
 expanding rapidly and includes detection of lesions and damaged tissue,
 prognosis of functional impairment and neurosurgical planning.

 Computational techniques are key to the continued success and development of
 diffusion MRI and to its widespread transfer into the clinic.  New
 processing methods are essential for addressing issues at each stage of the
 diffusion MRI pipeline: acquisition, reconstruction, modelling and model
 fitting, image processing, fiber tracking, connectivity mapping,
 visualization, group studies and inference.  The workshop will give a
 snapshot of the current state of the art.  The organizers encourage
 submissions of papers in areas including, but not limited to, the following
 topics:

 - Acquisition design
 - High angular resolution techniques
 - Biophysical models
 - The microstructure of diffusion in tissue
 - Tractography and connectivity mapping
 - Network analysis
 - Registration and segmentation
 - Visualization
 - Validation
 - Post-processing
 - Group studies and statistical analysis
 - Clinical applications


 ORGANIZERS

 Daniel Alexander, University College London
 James Gee, University of Pennsylvania
 Ross Whitaker, University of Utah


 IMPORTANT DATES

 May 23, 2008: Paper Submission
 Jul  1, 2008: Notification of Acceptance
 Aug 18, 2008: Camera-Ready Papers
 Sep 10, 2008: Workshop (8am to 5pm)


 SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

 Papers submitted to the workshop should conform to the MICCAI
 formatting instructions, with few minor modifications explained below:

 * Papers should be in the LNCS style
 * Suggested length is 8 pages, maximum length is 12 pages
 * Anonymized for double blind review
 * Submitted in PDF format
 * Color illustrations in the PDF are not subject to fees
 * Papers may be double-submitted to main conference and other workshops

 Papers can be submitted at any time using the online submission system at
 http://alliance.seas.upenn.edu/~pauly2/dynamic/cdmri08/. If you experience
 difficulties with the online system, please email the PDF and
 author/affiliation information to gee at mail.med.upenn.edu



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Paul A. Yushkevich, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor
Penn Image Computing and Science Laboratory
Department of Radiology
University of Pennsylvania