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Call for Participation

ISRACAS'99

         Second Israeli Symposium on Computer-Aided Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging
Thursday May 6, 1999
Beit Tzarfat, Givat Ram Campus, The Hebrew University, (Givat Ram Campus)Jerusalem, ISRAEL

Sponsored by     Authority for Research and Development, Hebrew U.
Leibniz Center, Hebrew U.
Institute for Computer Science Research, Bar-Ilan U.
Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd                                      
Sofamor Danek                                                 

Endorsed by
International Society of Computer Aided Surgery

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

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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 ISRACAS'98 which was held last year on May 4 at the Technion, which was attended by 150 participants (evenly distributed between clinicians, industry, and engineering academia). The one-day event included six invited speakers, 16 oral and poster presentations of refereed papers, and one system demonstration.

Symposium format
The one-day symposium consists of four invited talks by intentionally recognized experts, 15 paper presentations, and 5 exhibits.

Symposium topics
Relevant research in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Electrical Engineering including but not limited to:

• multimodal image reconstruction and segmentation
• architectures and control for medical robots
• virtual and augmented reality surgery, telesurgery
• image and sensor data registration
• computer-aided diagnosis and preoperative planning
• intraoperative surgical monitoring, support, and planning
• surgical simulators, anatomical modeling, atlases
• safety issues in computer-assisted surgery

All medical specialties include but are not limited to:

• radiology
• orthopaedics and traumatology
• laparoscopy, endoscopy, arthroscopy
• neurosurgery
• cardio-vascular surgery
• minimally invasive surgery
• urology
• maxilofacial surgery and dentistry

Invited Speakers

N. Ayache, PhD     R. Bucholz, MD    L. Nolte, PhD     T. Lueth, PhD

INRIA , France St. Louis Univ, USA   Muller Inst. , Switzerland   Humboldt U, Berlin, GERMANY.

Medical Image Processing   Computer-Aided Neurosurgery   Image-Guided Orthopaedic Surgery   Interactive Robots for Assisted Surgery

Schedule

Papers will be presented by sections in the order listed below

8:00-8:30	REGISTRATION
8:30-8:45	Welcome and Introductory Remarks
	L. Joskowicz and M. Shoham, The Hebrew U. and Technion. ISRAEL.
8:45-9:30	Invited lecture I
	"Image-guided neurosurgery"
	R. Bucholz, MD, St Louis U., USA.
9:30-10:00	Paper session I -- Neurosurgery and neurology
10:00-10:20	COFFEE BREAK
10:20-11:05	Invited lecture II
	"Computer-Assisted Orthopaedic Surgery"  L. Nolte, PhD, Muller Institute, U. of Bern, SWITZERLAND.
11:05-12:00	Paper Session II -- Orthopaedics
	Image-guided minimally invasive surgery
12:00-12:15	Exhibits presentations
12:15-13:30	LUNCH BREAK
13:30-14:00	Exhibits
14:00-14:45	Invited lecture III
	"Interactive robots for computer-aided surgery"  T. Lueth, PhD, Humboldt University, Germany
14:45-15:30	Paper session III -- Robotics and Systems
15:30-16:00	COFFEE BREAK
16:00-16:45	Invited lecture IV
	"Medical Image Processing"   N. Ayache, Phd, INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, FRANCE.
16:45-18:15	Paper session IV -- Medical Image Processing
18:15	Closing Remarks
	M. Shoham, L. Joskowicz.Technio and The Hebrew U.. ISRAEL.

Papers

Abstracts of the following papers appear in the Journal of Computer-Aided Surgery, Volume 4, Number 2, 1999

• Neurosurgery and Neurology
  • "Functional image-guided surgery in or near visual and sensorymotor cortex"
    M. Schulder, J. Maldjian et al, New Jersey Medical School, USA
  • "MSQi - a new 3D brain MRI image processing software for detection of multiple sclerosis lesions"
    S. Miron, S. Gicquel et al., Sheba Medical Center, Israel and OIDP, France.
• Orthopaedics
  • "Computer-aided estimation of fracture risk by optical Fourier spectral analysis of proximal femur radiographs and by CT image processing"
    I. Leichter, A. Simkin, et al. Jerusalem College of Technology and Hadassah Hospital, Israel.
  • "Registering intraoperative X-ray images with preoperative data to simulate postoperative X-ray images"
    A. Gueziec, IBM Research, USA.
  • "FRACAS: a system for computer-aided image-guided bone fracture reduction"
    L. Joskowicz, C. Milgrom. et al. Hebrew U and Hadassah Hospital, Israel.
• Image-guided minimally invasive surgery
  • "Minimally Invasive Surgery in the Signa SP MR System"
    J. Benmair and R. Newman, GE Medical Systems, Israel and USA.
• Robotics and systems
  • "A surgical waterjet for penetrating keratoplasty"
    N. Smith, B. Betemps et al, INSA Lyon, France.
  • "The validity and consistency of force feedback interfaces in surgical procedures"
    M. Reiner, Technion, Israel.
  • "Parallel robot for medical applications"
    M Shoham, Technion, Israel.
• Medical image processing
  • "Conformal geometry and visualization of colon MR images"
    S. Haker, S. Angenent et al, Univs of Minessota and Wisconsin,USA.
  • "Micro-Vascular Imaging Toolkit"
    Deborah Sturm. City University of New York, USA.
  • "The requirement of 3D norm data for virtual craniofacial surgery"
    J. Brief, S. Hassfeld, et al, Univs of Heidelberg and Karlsruhe, Germany.
  • "Non-invasive measurement of lumen and vessel size in aortic aneurysm by echo ultrasound"
    D. Adam and R. Ravhon, Technion, Israel.
  • "A computerized system for automatic extraction of mammographic lesions characteristics"
    I. Leichter, P. Bamberger et al. Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel.
  • "Similarity measurement method for the classification of architecturally differentiated images"
    Y. Smith, G. Zajicek et al, Faculty of Medicine, Hebrew U., Israel.
  • "Fast and accurate multilevel methods for computed tomography"
    M. Galun and A. Brandt, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.

Exhibits

• "The Stealth Station System for Image-Guided Surgery"
  Sofamor Danek
• "A computerized system for automatic extraction of mammographic lesions characteristics"
  I. Leichter, P. Bamberger et al.
  Jerusalem College of Technology, Israel.
• "FRACAS: a system for computer-aided image-guided bone fracture reduction"
  L. Joskowicz, C. Milgrom. et al.
  Hebrew U and Hadassah Hospital, Israel.
• "Parallel robot for medical applications"
  M. Shoham, Technion, Israel.

Local Program Committee

D. Adam, PhD   M. Berman, PhD   Y. Charit, PhD   G. Elber, PhD   S. Goldberger, MD   M. Gomori, MD   D. Maor, PhD   C. Milgrom, MD   M. Roffman, MD   A. Simkin, PhD   R. Yagel, PhD

Technion   Biomedicom   Technion   Technion   Meir Hospital   Hadassah Hospital   Elbit Medical Imaging   Hadassah Hospital   Carmel Hospital, Haifa   Hadassah Hospital   Elbit Medical Imaging

International Advisory Board (to be confirmed)

N. Ayache, PhD   R. Bucholz, MD   A. Colchester, PhD   P. Dario, PhD   B. Davies, PhD   A. DiGioia, MD   S. Delp, PhD   E. Grimson, PhD   B. Jaramaz, PhD   L. Kavoussi, MD   R. Kikinis PhD   S. Lavallee, PhD   H. Lemke, PhD   P. Merloz, MD   L. Nolte, PhD    M. Peshkin, PhD   P. Rabischong, MD   K. Radermacher, Phd   D. Stulberg, MD   R.H. Taylor, PhD   J. Troccaz, PhD   M. Vannier, MD

INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France   St. Louis U., USA   U. of Kent, UK   Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy   Imperial College, UK   Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA   Northwestern U., USA   Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA   Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh USA   Johns Hopkins U., USA   Harvard Medical School, USA   TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France   Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany   Centre Universitaire et Hospitalier, Grenoble   U. of Bern, Switzerland   Northwestern U., USA   Montpellier, France   Aachen University of Technology, Germany   Northwestern University, USA   Johns Hopkins U., USA   TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France  U. of Iowa, USA

Symposium Venue
The symposium lectures and exhibits will be held in the Givat Ram campus the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in the Beit Tzarfat (French House) auditorium. The symposium lunch will be held at Beit Belgia, which is a short walk from Beit Tzarfat.
Click here to view a map in Hebrew
Click here to view a map in English

Parking and Directions to Givat-Ram campus

Drive on highway 1 from Tel-Aviv to Jerusalem until you get to the main entrance of the city. You will pass two lights, and on the third you will make a RIGHT TURN to get onto Herzl boulevard. At the third light, after the hotels on your left, make a LEFT turn to Kvish Rupin. At the second light, make a RIGHT: you will see the university and the main entrance. Take a RIGHT and then a LEFT and you will be facing the main car entrance of Givat Ram. Tell the guard you are coming for the ISRACAS'99 KENESS and he will let you in.
Once inside the campus, drive on the main road for about 1km until it curves LEFT. About 50m after the bus stop, you will see BEIT TZARFAT on your RIGHT. It will be clearly marked. Park nearby.

Local arrangements
For those requiring overnight accomodations, we recommend the Park Plaza Hotel , which is situated walking distance from the Symposium venue. We have arranged special rates at the Park Plaza hotel, which is walking distance from the conference site. Contact Idit Kleinman at the Institute of Computer Science, the Hebrew University for details and reservations (972-2-658-4549, idit@cs.huji.ac.il).

Registration
Participants are required to register and pay a nominal fee which entitles them to a copy of the symposium proceedings, lunch, and coffee break refreshments. We encourage participants to register early, as the number of participants will be limited.

Early registration: IS 200 (US $50), IS 100 (US $25) for students (by April 25, 1999)
On-site registration: IS 250 (US $60), IS 125 (US $30) for students

Payment is by check made to "The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (ISRACAS'99) or on-site by cash. Please note that we cannot accept credit card payments.

Send your check, together with the registration form below to:

Dr. Leo Joskowicz  The Institute of Computer Science  The Hebrew University of Jerusalem  Givat Ram, Jerusalem 91904, Israel  E-mail: josko@cs.huji.ac.il  Phone: +972-2-658-6299, Fax: +972-2-658-5439

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ISRACAS'99  REGISTRATION  FORM

Second Israeli Symposium on
Computer-Aided Surgery, Medical Robotics, and Medical Imaging

May 6, 1998, Givat Ram Campus, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
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Regular: IS 200 (US $50)
Student: IS 100 (US $25)

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Web site and contact information

      http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~josko/isracas99.html

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Last updated: October 15, 1999 by Leo Joskowicz. It has been visited  times since Dec 1st, 1998.