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Distributed Databases and processing in
Medical Image Computing
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final report is online
DiDaMIC-2004, a one day
satellite workshop of MICCAI-2004,
is devoted to the sharing of heterogeneous data and problem solving methods
in the context of medical image computing. It will be held in Rennes on
September 30th, in conjunction with MICCAI 04.
Scope and Objectives
Sharing medical imaging data disseminated in various
places and applying to them different shared data processing methods have
ever been a dream for researchers and medical scientists. Clearly, many
biomedical researches and applications would benefit from the development
of such capabilities: for instance to improve the size of group studies
and then the significance of statistical results, to perform meta-analysis
and knowledge discovery via data mining techniques and to facilitate the
reuse and the evaluation of algorithms for the deployment of the more
robust.
Recent advances have allowed overcoming many of the initial obstacles
toward this goal. All types of medical images are now digital and the
DICOM standard facilitates the transfer of images and associated information.
High speed internet is available in all research centres enabling the
rapid communication of large data sets. Finally, suitable syntaxes (e.g.
XML) and high level languages (e.g. OWL) have been designed to represent
structured information such as metadata, related knowledge and data processing
schemes.
In spite of these progresses, a lot of problems have
to be solved before the sharing of medical images and data processing
methods becomes a reality in the context of academic research and clinical
applications: e.g., semantic interoperability, data and methods modelling,
performance and security issues, some of which being addressed by the
GRID community (e.g. European IST projects, such as MammoGRID in Europe,
and Biomedical Informatics Research Network in the USA).
In this general context, the objective of the workshop
is to gather researchers from different communities, especially from image
processing, database, knowledge engineering and grid computing communities,
interested to discuss the topics mentioned below in the context of Medical
Image Computing.
Topics
Contributions are solicited
in (but not limited to) the following areas:
Medical images distributed databases
Semantic
modelling
Mediation
Shared
ontologies and vocabularies
Data representation
(images, processed data)
Image
processing tools representation (dataflows)
Query
management,
User interactions
Virtual
organizations
The program will be composed of keynotes addressed
by invited speakers, as well as contributions of participants.
Venue
This one-day
workshop will be held at IRISA,
Rennes, France
Key Dates
Deadline for paper submission: May 26, 2004
Online registration:
May 31, 2004
Notification of acceptance: July 5, 2004
Early-bird
registration deadline : August 15, 2004
Workshop:
September 30, 2004
Submissions
Guidelines
Paper size: 6-10 pages
Format:
PDF
The
workshop notes will be distributed to participants
The program committee will coordinate
the edition of a special issue of a peer reviewed journal, dedicated
to domain of the workshop. A selection of the most salient papers will
be made and the authors encouraged to submit an enhanced version of their
manuscript for a peer review.
Submission
Papers must be submitted electronically through
the DiDaMIC-2004
submission site
Committees
Chairs
Michel Dojat (INSERM U594, Grenoble,
France)
Bernard Gibaud (Univ. Rennes I, IRISA, France)
Program Committee
Dave Berry (UK)
Mike Brady
(UK)
Vincent
Breton (FR)
Laurent
Desbat (FR)
Gerhard
Engelbrecht (AU)
Cecile
Germain-Renaud (FR)
Derek
Hill (UK)
Marie
Christine Jaulent (FR)
Bertram
Ludaescher (US)
Richard
McClatchey (UK)
Xavier
Pennec (FR)
Alan Rector
(UK)
Michael
Vannier (US)
Local Organization
This workshop is supported by the Neurobase
project, a Concerted Incitative Action (ACI) sponsored by the French
Ministry of Research.
Contact Infos
Chairs
Michel
Dojat, Inserm U594, Grenoble
Bernard
Gibaud, UPRES 3192, VisAGeS Team, University of Rennes 1, IRISA, Rennes
Email: didamic_info@irisa.fr
Local Organization
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