TOPICS

•  Computer vision techniques useful in medical image analysis

•  Analysis of image sequences and temporal data

•  Image segmentation

•  Feature extraction and pattern recognition

•  Registration and fusion of data from different modalities

•  Anatomical models and their use in image analysis

•  Bayesian/entropy and other statistical methods useful in medical image processing

•  New approaches to image formation

•  Image reconstruction from underdetermined, multiplexed or noisy projections

•  Use of prior information in image reconstruction and analysis

•  Objective assessment of image quality

•  Searching and sorting in medical image databases

•  Estimation of quantitative parameters from images

•  Display systems for visualization of multidimensional data

•  Rule based systems and learning

 The demonstration of the specific medical application of the presented image processing procedure is required.