Call for Papers: MICCAI Workshop on Perinatal and Paediatric Imaging: PaPI 2012
In conjunction with MICCAI 2012
October 1, 2012 Nice, France
MICCAI 2012, the 15th International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, will be held from 1st to 5th October 2012 in Nice, France, organised by Inria (French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics). MICCAI attracts annually world leading scientists, engineers and clinicians from a wide range of disciplines associated with medical imaging and computer assisted surgery.
Workshop Topics
Topics of the meeting include, but are not limited to:
- Imaging biomarkers from routine 2D fetal ultrasound screening
- Recent advances in 3D fetal/neonatal ultrasound and MRI
- Characterisation of developmental abnormalities
- Placental malfunction and maternal preeclampsia
- Congenital heart disease in the fetus, and effects on neurodevelopment
- Imaging lung function in the neonate
- Fetal abdominal imaging
- Intrauterine growth restriction and twin pregnancies
- Spatio-temporal atlases for organ development
- Multi-modality imaging of the fetus and neonate
- Long-term cognitive outcome
- Correlation of imaging biomarkers to functional and nutritional measurements
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from the wider field of perinatal and paediatric imaging, to help bridge the gap between antenatal, obstetric, and neonatal healthcare (within the so-called perinatal period, which refers to the time immediately before and after birth), and follow-up monitoring by paediatricians, using a range of quantitative imaging techniques correlated to neurodevelopmental functional tests, that are not necessarily limited to the brain.
The link between fetal organ measurement and growth characterisation, and correlation with neonatal and paediatric outcome is still an open research topic, which this workshop is trying to address. Examples for delayed organ development are thought to be caused by (often a combination of) intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR), placental malfunction, intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia, amongst many other factors.
Monitoring developmental health, in a “womb-to-cot” approach, using perinatal imaging will enable to gain a better understanding in the interaction of these factors, develop tools to assess individual risk profiles, and provide opportunities for early intervention to improve paediatric outcome.
The target audience of this workshop will be a multi-disciplinary mix of mathematicians, engineers, physicists, and obstetricians, neonatologists, paediatricians.
Important Dates (tentative)
01 June 2012 Workshop paper submission deadline
01 July 2012 Notification of acceptance
14 July 2012 Early Bird registration deadline
30 July 2012 Deadline for camera ready papers
01 October 2012 Workshop (half day: AM or PM TBA)
The submission system will open in May 2012.
Workshop format
PaPI will run as a half day workshop, with oral sessions, a poster session and a keynote lecture (TBA). Full-length paper submissions will be peer-reviewed and published online, as well as on the MICCAI workshop USB stick.
