[Imageworld] CFP 2 - Prostate Cancer Imaging Workshop (in conjunction with MICCAI 2011) Deadline June 13.

[Henkjan Huisman]

Prostate Cancer Imaging Workshop

In conjunction with MICCAI 2011
When: September 22, 2011
Where: Toronto, Canada

CALL FOR PAPERS:

Prostatic adenocarcinoma (CAP) is the second most common malignancy
and the most frequently diagnosed cancer among men, with an estimated
190,000 new cases in the USA in 2010 (Source: American Cancer
Society). September is prostate cancer awareness month, and we will be
holding this workshop to discuss the latest prostate cancer imaging
research. If CAP is detected early, men have a high five-year survival
rate. Unfortunately, there is no standardized image-based screening
protocol for early detection of CAP (unlike for breast cancers). In
the USA high levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) warrant a
trans-rectal ultrasound (TRUS) biopsy to enable histologic
confirmation of presence or absence of CAP. TRUS biopsy incorporates
significant random and systematic error. Random error occurs because
the prostate is biopsied without knowledge of the cancer location;
systematic error because certain areas (apex, transition zone,
anterior fibrostroma) are under-sampled. There have been recent rapid
developments in multi-parametric radiological imaging techniques
(spectroscopy, dynamic contrast enhanced MR imaging,
diffusion-weighting, PET, and ultrasound), that allow high resolution
functional and metabolic imaging of benign and malignant prostate
tissue. Distinct computational and technological challenges for
multi-modal data registration and classification still remain in
leveraging these multi-parametric data for optimizing biopsy and
directing therapy.

We invite submissions that address specific problems related to
technologies for early detection, diagnosis, prognosis, and image
guided interventions for treatment and biopsy of prostate cancer.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Image Segmentation, Registration of Multi-parametric MRI and 2D/3D ultrasound
- Validation of prostate segmentation and classification with
registered 3D histological images
- Shape analysis and morphology in prostate imaging
- Optimizing image-guided targeted prostate cancer diagnosis and
computer-aided detection, diagnosis
- Robot assisted prostate interventions, Radiation therapy planning and guidance

PLENARY SPEAKERS
Professor Masoom A. Haider, MD, Faculty of Medicine, University of
Toronto, University of Toronto (
http://www.radonc.utoronto.ca/our-community/faculty/faculty-profiles/haider-masoom
 )
Assoc. Professor David A. Jaffray, PhD, Department of Medical
Biophysics, University of Toronto,  Head, Radiation Physics
Department, Princess Margaret Hospital (
http://www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.php?lookup=2716   )

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
Two types of submissions are encouraged (a) Regular papers (8-12
pages), and (b) Abstracts (up to 2 pages). The abstract styled
submission is specifically to encourage clinicians and MD to
participate in this workshop. All submissions (regular or abstract)
may be submitted through the workshop website (
http://lcib.rutgers.edu/pci2011/ ), which and should conform to the
MICCAI formatting instructions: (i) Papers should be in the LNCS style
and submitted in PDF format, and (ii) anonymized for double blind
review.

Proceedings from last year’s workshop (Beijing) are available at
http://www.amazon.com/Prostate-Cancer-Imaging-Computer-Aided-International/dp/3642159885

IMPORTANT DATES:
Paper submission deadline: June 13, 2011
Acceptance Notification: July 1, 2011
Submission of the camera-ready papers: July 9, 2011

ORGANIZERS:
Anant Madabhushi (Rutgers University)
Henkjan Huisman (Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre)
Dean Barratt (University College London)
Jason Dowling (CSIRO Australian e-Health Research Center)

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