On this page, we inform potential contributors about how to submit papers, posters, and/or abstracts to the joint MedViz and VCBM 2016 conference.

Important Dates (Papers)

Paper submission deadline (full and short papers): June 19, 2016
Author notification: July 22, 2016
Camera-ready deadline: August 14, 2016
Workshop: September 7-9, 2016

Important Dates (Posters)

Poster abstracts submission deadline: August 7th, 2016
Author notification: August 22nd, 2016
Workshop: September 7-9, 2016

Important Dates (Abstracts)

MedViz Abstracts deadline: August 18th, 2016

All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1).

VCBM 2016 Call for Papers

Aims and Scope

EG VCBM, the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, is (since last year) an annual event addressing the state of the art in visual computing research with a strong focus on applications in biology and medicine. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for experts (researchers and practitioners) from visualization, visual analytics, computer graphics, image processing, computer vision, human computer interfaces as well as experts from biology and medicine, jointly working on next generation visual computing solutions for medicine, healthcare and the biotechnology sector. This year’s workshop (already the 6th VCBM since its foundation in 2008) will be held during September 7-9, 2016, in Bergen, Norway, and will be co-located and jointly organized with the 10th MedViz conference, i.e., an annual, interdisciplinary conference in Bergen, bringing together technologists and physicians, hence being a perfect match for VCBM in 2016.

Submission Deadline: June 19, 2016

EG VCBM solicits the submission of original, application-oriented research papers that advance the fusion of visual computing methods within medicine and biology. All papers (regular papers as well as short papers) should focus on a well-defined biological/medical problem, and demonstrate a significant innovation or improvement in visual computing.

Suggested topics for papers include, but are not limited to:

Visual computing solutions for medical applications like radiology, surgery, pathology, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, etc., including medical education
Visual computing solutions for applications that support biomedical research in systems biology, *omics research, molecular pathology, neuroanatomy, biomedical imaging, etc.
Medical simulation and visual computing solutions that support new approaches in computational medicine, including also the uses of stereoscopy and haptics
Visualization approaches for data from new or challenging imaging modalities including real-time imaging (e.g., ultrasound)
Visual computing solutions in the context of the virtual physiological human
Survey papers on visual computing in biology and medicine

Methods might include, but are not limited to:

Visualization and analysis of all kinds of biomedical data (signals and images)
Visualization, mining and analysis of biomedical data collections, including cohort data
Information visualization of medical data sets, e.g., electronic health records
Computer models of biomechanical, physiological, and biochemical functions in living systems
Fusion, analysis and visualization of heterogeneous and/or multi-source data
Multi-scale methods and data structures for large data
Interaction and design of visual computing workflows in medicine and biology
Data tracking and registration
Data reconstruction and geometry extraction
Real time rendering and interaction with anatomy models

Information for Authors

In addition to full-length papers, we are also introducing a new short papers track to VCBM, encouraging scientific contributions from an even more diverse group of researchers and practitioners. All VCBM 2016 papers (full and short) will be peer-reviewed and will appear in the Eurographics Digital Library.

Full Papers: Full papers are up to 10 pages in length (including references) and describe original research contributions in the areas outlined above. The authors of the best three papers will be invited to submit an extended article version of their paper as journal publication to Computer Graphics Forum.

Short Papers: Short papers describe a more focused and concise research contribution and are likely to have a smaller – yet significant – scope of contribution. Potential examples include the presentation of initial results from novel ongoing research projects or the exploration of new application areas. Short papers draw from the same list of topics as full papers. Their length is limited to a total of 5 pages (including references).

VCBM 2016 will also feature a poster program, the details of which will be announced in a separate call.

Submission Instructions

Papers can be submitted using the Eurographics SRM conference management system here:

https://srmv2.eg.org/COMFy/Conference/VCBM_2016

Login with your existing SRM account, or create a new one using the relevant links. Papers can be up to 10 pages (for full papers) or 5 pages (for short papers) and should be prepared using the Eurographics style. More details can be found on the SRM web page. Please note that the reviewing process will be double-blind, so take care to anonymize your submission.

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline (full and short papers): June 19, 2016
Author notification: July 22, 2016
Camera-ready deadline: August 14, 2016
Workshop: September 7-9, 2016

All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1).

Full Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2016:
Stefan Bruckner (University of Bergen)
Bernhard Preim (University of Magdeburg)
Anna Vilanova (TU Delft)

Short Paper Co-Chairs of EG VCBM 2016:
Helwig Hauser (University of Bergen)
Anja Hennemuth (Fraunhofer MEVIS)
Arvid Lundervold (University of Bergen)

MedViz & EG VCBM 2016 – Call for Posters

Aims and Scope

The MedViz Conference is an annual, interdisciplinary conference in Bergen, bringing together national and international technologists and medical doctors to advance patient care by integrating medical imaging technologies into preclinical and clinical medical research. MedViz focuses on 12 major public health challenges, where state-of-the-art medical imaging methods are used to understand disease pathology, quantify and classify pathological features, develop targeted treatments and to monitor treatment responses. The Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, EG VCBM, is an annual event addressing the state of the art in visual computing research with a strong focus on applications in biology and medicine. It provides an interdisciplinary forum for experts (researchers and medical doctors) from visualization, visual analytics, computer graphics, image processing, computer vision, human computer interfaces as well as experts from biology and medicine, jointly working on next generation visual computing solutions for medicine, healthcare and the biotechnology sector. Hence, MedViz conference and EG VCBM are a perfect match and therefore will be held jointly on September 7-9, 2016, in Bergen, Norway. Submission Deadline (extended): August 18, 2016

MedViz and EG VCBM now jointly invite the submission of poster abstracts that present original results or work in progress on the following topics including, but not limited to:

Methods using the imaging technologies such as MRI (perfusion, diffusion, functional, spectroscopy, etc.), PET, PET-MRI, CT, ultrasound, optical imaging, etc. applied to biomedical areas such as (but not limited to):
- Pelvic and breast imaging
- Brain imaging
- Abdominal imaging
- Kidney imaging
- Cardiac and vascular imaging
- Musculoskeletal imaging
- Thorax imaging
- Imaging of small parts
- Oncology
- Imaging of small animals in preclinical research
Development of methods (e.g., contrast agents, drug delivery via micro-bubbles)
Treatment opportunities and response monitoring (e.g. radiation therapy, ablation)
Discerning imaging measures
Visual computing solutions for medical applications like radiology, surgery, pathology, cardiology, nephrology, neurology, etc., including medical education and medical technology
Visual computing solutions for applications that support biomedical research in systems biology, *omics research, molecular pathology, neuroanatomy, biomedical imaging, etc.
Medical simulation and visual computing solutions that support new approaches in computational medicine, including also the uses of stereoscopy and haptics
Visualization approaches for data from new or challenging imaging modalities including real-time imaging (e.g., ultrasound, PET/MR)
Visual computing solutions in the context of the virtual physiological human
Visualization and analysis of all kinds of biomedical data (signals and images)
Visualization, mining and analysis of biomedical data collections, including cohort data
Information visualization of medical data sets, e.g., electronic health records
Computer models of biomechanical, physiological, and biochemical functions in living systems, e.g., perfusion
Applications of methods from the oil & gas industry into medical imaging and modeling (e.g., pumps and pipes)
Fusion, analysis and visualization of heterogeneous and/or multi-source data
Multi-scale methods and data structures for large data
Interaction and design of visual computing workflows in medicine and biology
Data tracking and registration
Data reconstruction and geometry extraction
Real time rendering and interaction with anatomy models

Information for Authors

We are encouraging scientific contributions from a diverse group of researchers and medical doctors. All MedViz & EG VCBM 2016 poster abstracts will be reviewed by a committee and the accepted abstracts will be published in the MedViz & EG VCBM abstract book. In addition, the reviewing committee will suggest abstracts for a short oral presentation if the authors indicate this option during submission.

Submission Instructions

Poster abstract can be submitted via email to medvizvcbm.posters@gmail.com.

Poster abstracts should be prepared in English, and submitted as a Word document up to 4 pages long. The pages should have 2 cm margins, font Times New Roman, font size 12, figures and photos should be embedded in the document and have a resolution suitable for print (300 dpi or more). Additional images can be sent as well, but they must be in the jpeg or eps format. If you wish to be considered for an oral presentation, please indicate that in your email. The entire size of the submission including images should not exceed 10MB. The template can be also downloaded from the conference website: http://MedVizVCBM.UiB.no/files/MedvizVCBMtemplate.docx

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Preparing your poster

The size of the poster walls is 70cm x 120cm (width x height), thus posters should have size between 70 cm x 100 cm and 70 cm x 120 cm. Posters will be attached to the walls using pins that will be provided to the authors at the conference site.

Important Dates

Poster abstracts submission deadline (extended): August 18th, 2016
Author notification: August 22nd, 2016
Workshop: September 7-9, 2016

All deadlines are at 23:59 CET (UTC+1).

We are looking forward to seeing you in Bergen and sharing great interdisciplinary scientific discussions.

Sincerely,

the Poster Co-Chairs of MedViz and EG VCBM 2016,
Dr. Veronika Šoltészová (Christian Michelsen Research and University of Bergen),
Dr. Judit Haász (Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen)

together with MedViz & EG VCBM Conference 2016 organizing chair,
Professor Ragnar Nortvedt (University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital).

MedViz 2016 – Call for Abstracts

The MedViz conference has a long tradition of accepting abstracts, of which a high-quality subset is then presented at the conference.

The abstracts should be prepared in English, and submitted as a Word document up to 4 pages long. The pages should have 2 cm margins, font Times New Roman, font size 12, figures and photos should be embedded in the document and have a resolution suitable for print (300 dpi or more). Additional images can be sent as well, but they must be in the jpeg or eps format. If you wish to be considered for an oral presentation, please indicate that in your email. The entire size of the submission including images should not exceed 10MB. The template can also be downloaded from the conference website: MedvizVCBMtemplate.docx. You will find more information about aims and scope under the page http://medvizvcbm.uib.no/posters.php.

The DEADLINE for abstract submission has been extended to Thursday 18th of August. Please, submit your abstract via email to medvizvcbm.posters@gmail.com or send an email directly to ragnar.nortvedt@helse-bergen.no.