Announcement and Call for Papers MATHEMATICAL METHODS IN MEDICAL IMAGING III 24-29 July 1994, San Diego, CA USA Part of SPIE's International Symposium on Optics, Imaging and Instrumentation. Conference chairs: Fred L. Boolstein Univ. of Michigan James S. Duncan Yale University Nicolas Lange Natl. Inst. of Health David Wilson Univ. of Florida Program Committee: James M. Coggins Univ. North Carolina Chapel Hill Denis Friboulet Inst. Nat. Scienc. Appl. Lyon FR Bart ter Haar Romeny Utrecht University NL Medical imaging has continued to have an increasing impact in both diagnosis and treatment of a variety of illnesses and conditions. More importantly, however, the field has contributed greatly to the underlyiong theoretical basis and application of mathematical techniques in imaging. The special requirements of both research and clinical medicine have pushed researchers to develop new imaging modalities, theoretical frameworks, filtering techniques, segmentation methods, and visualization strategies. This conference will focus on the application of mathematical and statistical methods to medical imaging problems. Papers describing new applications, refinements of existing techniques, new theoretical models, or application of techniques in new settings are sollicited. This year's meeting will focus on topics concerning uncertainty in medical imaging, such as: - representing variability and abnormality - uncertainty associated with segmenting structure - variability in measurement from image data. In addition, topics may include, but are not limited to: - geometric/deformable models - surface fitting/registration - theoretical models underlying image segmentation - algorithms for segmentation, mensuration, and diagnosis - image reconstruction - optimization - variational and finite element methods It is planned that panel discussions will be held at the end of a number of sessions. Panels will include the chair, the presenters at the session, and possibly one or two other experts. SUBMISSIONS must include abstracts of approximately 1200 words. Email is the preferred (but not exclusive) method of transmission. Send submissions by email to: abstracts@mom.spie.org or fax one copy to SPIE at: 206-647-1445 or mail four copies to: SPIE, PO Box 10, Bellingham, WA 98227-0010. Abstract due date: 27 december 1993, manuscript: 2 May 1994. The proceedings will be vailable at the conference. Abstract shoud include the following: -abstract title, -author listing, -correspondence for each author, -submit to Mathematical Methods in Medical Imaging III (Bookstein), -presentation (oral or poster), -abstract, -key words, -brief biography principal author. Applicants will be notified of acceptance by 19 April 1994. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bart M. ter Haar Romeny Ph.D. E-mail: bart@cv.ruu.nl 3D Computer Vision Research Group Tel: +31-30-506695/507772 University Hospital Utrecht, E02.222 Fax: +31-30-513399 Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Bart M. ter Haar Romeny Ph.D. E-mail: bart@cv.ruu.nl 3D Computer Vision - Room E.02.222 Tel: (+31)-30.506695/507772 University Hospital Utrecht Fax: (+31)-30.513399 Heidelberglaan 100, 3584 CX Utrecht, The Netherlands