2nd Robot-Assisted Medical Imaging
AIM AND SCOPE
Medical imaging plays a vital role in modern clinical practice, which provides valuable information to physicians for medical diagnosis, image-guided surgeries, etc. The use of a robot acquires images and enables the controlled trajectory of the imaging system with high precision and reproducibility. Due to the boom of machine learning, the development of autonomous imaging systems gained increasing attention recently. To develop intelligent systems that robustly work in unknown environments, fundamental research continues to emerge, investigating novel approaches of visual seroving, share-control, object segmentation, scene understanding, and learning from experts' experiences.
The aim of this workshop is to bring together active research groups and clinicians, sharing the latest technological achievements in the field of robot-assisted medical imaging. By gathering world-class technical and clinical researchers, the meaningful discussion on the remaining challenges beyond technical developments like ethical issues and clinical acceptance will also be discussed during the one-day workshop.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Robotic US imaging
Robotic CT imaging
Robotic photoacoustic
Robotic laparoscopy
Capsule endoscopy
Image-guided intervention
Intra-operative visualization
Autonomous medical imaging system
Emerging imaging modalities: multispectral, speckle, polarization
Important dates
Abstract Submission Deadline: 22nd March, 2024 Extended to 5th April, 2024 (Anywhere on Earth)
Author Notification: 7th April, 2024
Workshop Date: 13th May, 2024
Best poster awards: Three Best Poster Awards will be selected. Each winning group will receive a certificate and a prize of USD 1,000.
Plan to solicit participation
Multidisciplinary target audiences are students, researchers, companies, and clinicians interested in the application of robot-assist medical imaging (ultrasound, endoscopic, CT, MRI, photoacoustic, etc.). To attract more participants and advertise it well among the community, we will actively share the updates and progress of this workshop on social media platforms. In addition, the involvement of clinicians and industry in this workshop makes it also interesting for entrepreneurs and clinicians. Also, the RAS technical committee of surgical robotics would also help us to advertise the workshop once it is accepted.
Registration
IEEE/RAS TC SUPPORT
This proposed workshop is endorsed by the following IEEE RAS Technical Committees:
IEEE RAS Technical Committee for Surgical Robotics;
IEEE RAS Technical Committee for Automation in Health Care Management
IEEE RAS Technical Committee for Telerobotics
Program
ORGANIZERS
Zhongliang Jiang (Contact person, zl.jiang@tum.de) Technical University of Munich, Germany
Stamatia (Matina) Giannarou (stamatia.giannarou@imperial.ac.uk) Imperial College London, UK
Sophia Bano (sophia.bano@ucl.ac.uk)
University College London, UK
Ka-Wai Kwok (kwokkw@hku.hk) The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Etsuko Kobayashi (etsuko@bmpe.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp) The University of Tokyo, Japan
Nassir Navab (nassir.navab@tum.de) Technical University of Munich, Germany
Student Organizers
Dianye Huang, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Yuan Bi, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Felix Dülmer, Technical University of Munich, Germany
Location:
Pacific Convention Plaza Yokohama(PACIFICO Yokohama) 1-1-1, Minato Mirai, Nishi-ku, Yokohama 220-0012, JAPAN
Contact:
Zhongliang Jiang (zl.jiang@tum.de)
Stamatia (Matina) Giannarou (stamatia.giannarou@imperial.ac.uk)