| General
Medical Image Computing o Data-driven segmentation o Anatomical atlases, object-based models and model-matching o Time series analysis o Functional image analysis o Co-registration (alignment) and image fusion o Combination of information across scales o Quantitative analysis o Finite element models o Tensor & vector field analysis |
Computer
Assisted Interventional Systems and Robotics o Instrument & patient localisation & tracking o Planning of interventions, invasive & minimally invasive o Simulation & training systems o Computer aided endoscopy o Guidance of surgery & minimally invasive procedures o Robotics o Clinical evaluation of systems o Safety issues o Medical telepresence & telesurgery |
| Neuroscience
Image Computing o Brain mapping via PET, SPECT, fMRI, EEG, MEG and optical imaging o Fusion of structural & functional information o Neuro-anatomical assessment tools o Image computing for the study of neurological systems |
Visualisation
and Feedback o Applications to different organs & systems o New display systems o Enhanced, virtual or augmented reality o Non-visual feedback |
| New
Applications for Specific Imaging Systems o Magnetic resonance (MRI) applications o CT & new x-ray tomography applications o Nuclear medicine |
Bioscience
Applications & Computer-Aided Diagnosis o Biomechanics, tissue modelling & deformation o Applications to different clinical specialities o Quantitative validation |
| Biological Image Analysis o Conventional & confocal microscopy o Molecular imaging & macroscopic optical imaging o Nano to micro imaging |