2011 MICCAI Workshop on
Multi-Atlas Labeling and Statistical Fusion (MALSF'11)
Thursday, September 22th, 2011, 8am to 12pm
Westin Harbour Castle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Website: https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/workshop/
Paper submission deadline: June 3rd, 2011
CALL FOR PAPERS
Characterization of anatomical structure through segmentation has become essential for morphological assessment and localizing quantitative measures. Yet, determining consistent and valid segmentations remains a challenging technical and research objective. Manual labeling paradigms are time consuming and limited by inter- and intra-expert variability, while, appearance modeling approaches are difficult to generalize and susceptible to variations in image acquisition parameters and the artifacts.
Segmentation through registration and atlas label transfer has proven to be a flexible and fruitful approach as efficient, non-rigid image registration methods have become prevalent. Label transfer segmentation using multiple atlases has helped to bring statistical fusion, shape modeling, and meta-analysis techniques to the forefront of segmentation research. New innovations at each stage of analysis, from atlas creation, atlas selection/rejection, registration, fusion, modeling, and meta-analysis will be essential for continued success and translation into the clinic. The workshop will provide a snapshot of the current progress in the field.
WORKSHOP TOPICS
Full-length papers are invited in (but not limited to) the following areas:
* Multi-atlas registration
* Statistical methods for label fusion
* Theory and applications with discrete, continuous, or non-traditional label types
* Manifolds methods and applications for voxel, volume, surface, or non-traditional multi-atlas representations
* Atlas design, selection, and exclusion
* Multi-atlas informed and augmented approaches, including shape modeling
* Applications of multi-atlas methods for segmentation and labeling
* Visualization and hypothesis exploration approaches using multi-atlases
Papers accepted at the main conference may not be double-submitted to MALSF'11.
ORGANIZERS
Bennett Landman, Vanderbilt URL
Simon Warfield, Harvard URL
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Paul Aljabar, Imperial College London URL
Benoit Dawant, Vanderbilt URL
Dzung Pham, Henry M. Jackson Foundation URL
Jerry Prince, Johns Hopkins URL
Torsten Rohlfing, Stanford URL
Dinggang Shen UNC Chapel Hill URL
T. Robin Langerak, Utrecht URL
Paul Thompson URL
Paul Yushkevich, UPENN URL
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission 6/3/2011 11:59:00 PM PDT
Review Deadline 7/1/2011 5:00:00 PM
Author Notification 7/8/2011 5:00:00 PM
Camera Ready Proof 7/13/2011 5:00:00 PM
Workshop 9/22/2011 AM Session
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
* Submitted in PDF format
* Color illustrations in the PDF are not subject to fees
* Details of the online submission system will be announced shortly on the workshop webpage
* https://masi.vuse.vanderbilt.edu/workshop
We look forward to seeing you in Toronto!
MALSF'11 organizers
