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Medical Information
Visualisation (MediVis)
Aims
and Scope MediViz has evolved rapidly from its original concentration
purely on medical visualisation and is now possibly the leading
interdisciplinary forum for researchers and professionals in the bio-medical
domain to exchange ideas and report results on visualisation within their
disciplines to the wider world. It thus provides important support for
researchers who are faced increasingly with the necessity of adopting a
multidisciplinary approach to address the problems faced in pushing forward
the boundaries of modern medicine. The theme
for this year’s conference is “Multi-scale Bio-Medical
Structure Sensing, Modelling, Simulation and Visualisation”. Of
particular interest is the capture and early processing of natural data to be
used as input for external and internal biomedical structure definition.
Papers are encouraged which demonstrate the measurement and modelling of the
dynamics of biomedical data and structures; these may range from the
microscopic, cellular level to the macroscopic organ or whole-patient level. These structures often undergo constrained interactions which
need to be measured and realistically simulated in order to understand the
fundamental processes, to facilitate the development of bio-medical products
or to enable advances in critical bio-medical applications such as
life-saving patient treatment.
At the microscopic level, examples are the exciting developments
that now visibly link nuclear and cytoplasmic
structural changes in cells to changes in their environment, for example
induced by drugs, radiation or other novel agents being explored in the quest
for new diagnostic or therapeutic techniques. At the macroscopic scale,
examples are the characterisation, simulation and prediction of internal and
external body movements for robot assisted (radio)surgery,
intensity modulated and image guided (radio)therapy, and the emerging
modality of ion-beam therapy.
Quality of life, encompassing recovery patterns and
rehabilitation following treatment is an important, but often neglected
theme. In this age of evidence-based medicine, how do we objectively define
and visualise recovery patterns following treatments that impact on patient
mobility, hearing, speech and vision. Hence, papers addressing the evolution
of new biomedical and clinical tools and their likely impact are especially
welcome.
Papers
are invited that address information visualisation,
from the microscopic to the macroscopic level, in biomedical, biomechanical and other related fields. These include:
International
Conference on BioMedical Visualization – MediViz
chairs: Feng DONG, Chris Moore, MediViz Advisory and Programme
committee <pending>: Prof Gordon Clapworthy, Prof R. T. Ritchings, Prof D Burton, The General Engineering Research
Institute, Dr Bogdan Matuszewski, Applied Digital Signal and
Image Processing Laboratory, Prof C J Moore, Dr Gareth Price and Dr Tom Marchant, Developing Technologies Section- Radiotherapy
Physics, North Western Medical Physics Department, Christie Hospital, UK Prof D R Burton and Dr F Lilley, General
Engineering Research Institute, Prof Lik Kwan Shark, Dr Bogdan Matuszewski, Prof B Shariat, LIRIS, Universite Claude Bernard Lyon-1, Authors
should submit their papers electronically, along with accompanying
visualisation materials to: |
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