ISRACAS'10 -- 13th Israeli Symposium on Computer-Integrated Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging

ISRACAS'2010

13th Israeli Symposium on Computer-Aided Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Beit Heil Haavir, Herzlia, Israel

In conjunction with the 3rd Israeli Conference on Robotics -- ICR 2010
Endorsed by
International Society of Computer Aided Surgery
Israeli Society for Medical and Biological Engineering
Israel Life Science Industry

Symposium chairs
Prof. Leo Joskowicz, PhD, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Prof. Moshe Shoham, DSc, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology.

Goal
The goal of the Symposium is to convene in Israel clinicians, scientists, and engineers actively interested in medical imaging, computer science, and robotics, and their application to the planning, monitoring, and execution of medical surgeries. The symposium is the sequel of twelve previous symposia ISRACAS'1998-2009 . Each was attended by over 150 participants including clinicians, industry, and engineering academia. The one-day events included invited speakers, oral presentations of peer-reviewed papers, industrial exhibits, and system demonstrations.

Symposium format
This year ISRACAS will be held in conjunction with the 3rd Israeli Conference on Robotics (ICR 2010). We expect that this co-location will give rise to synergies and fruitful collaborations.

This year the one-day symposium will consist of two sessions and an internationally recognized invited speaker.

Symposium topics
The symposium presents relevant research in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Electrical Engineering including but not limited to:

medical robotics

surgical simulators

multi-modal image reconstruction, segmentation, and registration

virtual and augmented reality surgery

computer-aided diagnosis and preoperative planning

intraoperative surgical monitoring, support, and planning

anatomical modeling, atlases

All medical specialties include but are not limited to:

radiology, interventional radiology
orthopaedics and traumatology
laparoscopy, endoscopy, arthroscopy
neurosurgery
cardio-vascular surgery
bronchoscopy
urology
dentistry, maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery

We particularly encourage the submission of works describing clinical experience with computer-aided surgery systems.

Submission
Potential contributors are requested to submit abstracts of 250-400 words on any of the topics mentioned above by May 31st, 2010. Authors of accepted abstracts may submit a full-length paper before July 31, 2010. The accepted abstracts and papers will be published on a CD ROM.

Authors should send electronic copies in Word (preferred) or PDF formats to Prof. Joskowicz at josko@cs.huji.ac.il.

Timetable

Abstract submission
Notice of acceptance
Final abstracts/papers
Symposium
May 31
June 31
July 31
November 10
2010
2010
2010
2010

Registration

Participants are required to register to the ICR 2010 conference. For details, see the ICR'2010 web site: http://www.icr2010.org.il

For further information, contact:

Prof. Moshe Shoham
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology
Haifa 32000, Israel
E-mail: shoham@tx.technion.ac.il
Phone: +972-4-829-3264/2102
Fax: +972-4-822-8931

Prof. Leo Joskowicz
School of Engineering and Computer Science
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Jerusalem 91904, Israel
E-mail: josko@cs.huji.ac.il
Phone: +972-02-658-6299

Web site and contact information

http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~josko/isracas2010.html

Last updated: May 31st, 2010 by Leo Joskowicz.