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Fourth International Conference on
VISUALIZATION IN BIOMEDICAL COMPUTING
Sept. 22 - Sept. 25, 1996
Hamburg, Germany
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CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
The "Call for Participation" of VBC'96 is now available!
Please visit our WWW-Page to find detailed information about
the preliminary program, registration, social events and more:
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http://www.uke.uni-hamburg.de/vbc96
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or contact us via:
Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science in Medicine (IMDM)
Department of Computer Science in Medicine
Pav. 70
University Hospital Eppendorf
Martinistrasse 52
D-20246 Hamburg
Germany
Phone : +49-40-4717 3652
Fax : +49-40-4717 4882
E-mail: vbc96 at uke.uni-hamburg.de
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Scope
Following Georgia Tech, the University of North Carolina, and the Mayo
Institutions, the University of Hamburg will host the 4th conference on
Visualization in Biomedical Computing (VBC'96). Its goal is to enhance and
promote the science of computer based visualization of biomedical
information, especially about the various aspects of the human body. An
interdisciplinary, international group of scientists, engineers, and
clinicians will present and discuss the state of the art concerning
algorithms, the rapidly increasing number of applications, and the
practical problems of system design.
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Topics
Theory and Algorithms Applications Systems
* Models of * Diagnostics with * Hardware/Software
Visualization MRI, CT, PET/SPECT, Tools
* Rendering Algorithms MEG Ultrasound etc. * Interactive
* Image Analysis * Microscopy Imaging Workstations and
* Multi-Modality Image * Surgical and Networks
Registration and Stereotactic * Virtual Reality User
Fusion Planning Interfaces
* Shape Description * Surgery Simulation * Novel Image
and Characterization * Image Guided Acquisition Equipment
* Spatial Knowledge Surgery * Special Processors
Modeling * Endoscopy
* Artificial Simulation
Intelligence in * Radiation
Visualization Treatment Planning
* Visual Perception * Biomechanics and
and Communication Orthopedics
* Virtual / Augmented * Dentistry and
Reality Paradigms Orthodontics
* Prothetics
Development
* Modeling the human
body (with emphasis
on the brain)
* Anatomy Atlases
(with emphasis on
VISIBLE HUMAN)
* Medical and
Biological
Education
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Format
According to the interdisciplinary nature of the conference, it has a
single track of sessions with 25 minute papers. Posters and
demonstrations will be located next to the auditorium. Tutorials will be
held the day before the official opening (Sept. 22) as in the previous
meetings.
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Proceedings
Proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in Computer Science,
Springer Verlag Heidelberg-New York. They will be available at the time
of the conference.
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Visits
Visits to laboratories in Hamburg will be arranged for the day after the
conference (IMDM, Philips Research, Dept. of Computer Science)
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Location
University of Hamburg, main building, in walking distance to the city which
surrounds the beautiful Alster lake.
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Previous Conferences
1990
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA
Proceedings: First Conference on Visualization in Biomedical Computing,
IEEE Computer Society Press, 1990
1992
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Proceedings: Visualization in Biomedical Computing II,
Proc. SPIE 1808, 1992
1994
Mayo Foundation, Rochester, MN
Proceedings: Visualization in Biomedical Computing 1994,
Proc. SPIE 2359, 1994
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Conference Committee
Chairman
Karl Heinz Hoehne, University of Hamburg
Program Committee
Ron Kikinis (Chair), Harvard Medical School
Nicholas Ayache, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis
Jean Louis Coatrieux, University of Rennes
Takeyoshi Dohi, University of Tokyo
James Duncan, Yale University
Alan C. Evans, Montreal Neurological Inst.
Norberto Ezquerra, Georgia Tech, Atlanta
Henry Fuchs, UNC, Chapel Hill
Guido Gerig, ETH Zuerich
Eric Grimson, MIT, Cambridge
David Hawkes, Guy's Hospital London
Arie Kaufman, State University of New York
Andres Kriete, University of Giessen
Hal Kundel, University of Pennsylvania
Heinz Lemke, Free University of Berlin
David Levin, University of Chicago
Heinrich Mueller, University of Dortmund
Chuck Pelizzari, University of Chicago
Stephen Pizer, UNC, Chapel Hill
Richard Robb, Mayo Foundation / Clinic
Siegfried Stiehl, University of Hamburg
Paul Suetens, University of Leuven
Andrew Todd-Pokropek, University College London
Jun-Ichiro Toriwaki, Nagoya University
Michael Vannier, Washington University, St Louis
Max Viergever, Utrecht University
Coordinators
Bernhard Pflesser, Thomas Schiemann, Rainer Schubert, IMDM
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Supporting Organisations
University of Hamburg
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
German Society of Computer Science (GI)
German Society of Medical Informatics, Biometrics, and
Epidemiology (GMDS) e.V.
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