Medical Imaging Conferences 2015

It is again time for researchers to plan which conferences are the best to go this year. Do you recommend other Medical Imaging conferences? In the end of this post, you find the Google calendar, which you can add to your account (press the button in the bottom right).

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Medical Imaging 2015
Orlando, Florida, United States, 21 - 26 February 2015
http://spie.org/x12166.xml
SPIE 2015 Abstract Submission is now closed!

European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2015)

Vienna, Austria, 4-8 March 2015
http://www.myesr.org/cms/website.php?id=/en/ecr_2015.htm
ECR 2015 Abstract Submission is now closed!

International Symposium on BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2015)
New York, United States, 16-19 April 2015.
http://biomedicalimaging.org/2015/
ISBI 2015 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2015)
Organized jointly with European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
Toronto, Canada, 30 May - 5 June 2015
http://www.ismrm.org/15/
ISMRM 2015 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2015)
Barcelona, Spain, June 24-27 2015
http://www.cars-int.org/
CARS 2015 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2015)
Milan, Italy, 25-29 August 2015
http://embc.embs.org/2015/
EMBC 2015 Abstract Submission: 31 March 2015

Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2015)
Munich, Germany,  5-9 October 2015
http://miccai2015.org/
MICCAI 2015 Abstract Submission: 6 March 2015

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2015)
San Diego, USA, 31 October - 7 November, 2015
http://www.nss-mic.org/2015
NSS/MIC 2015 Abstract Submission: 5 May 2015
 
Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA 2015)
Chicago, USA, 29 November - 4 December 2015
http://www.rsna.org/Annual_Meeting.aspx
RSNA 2015 Abstract Submission: 8 April 2015

Medical Imaging Conferences 2014

It is again time for researchers to plan which conferences are the best to go this year. Do you recommend other Medical Imaging conferences? In the end of this post, you find the google calendar, which you can add to your account (press the button in the bottom right).

Link to Medical Imaging Conferences 2015

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Medical Imaging
San Diego, California, United States, 15 - 20 February 2014
http://spie.org/x12166.xml
SPIE 2014 Abstract Submission is now closed!

European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2014)

Vienna, Austria, 6-10 March 2014
 http://www.myesr.org/cms/website.php?id=/en/ecr_2014.htm
ECR 2014 Abstract Submission is now closed!

International Symposium on BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2014)
Beijing, China, April 28-May 2 2014.
http://biomedicalimaging.org/2014/
ISBI 2014 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2014)
Organized jointly with European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology
Milan, Italy, 10-16 May 2014
http://www.ismrm.org/14/
ISMRM 2014 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS 2014)
Fukuoka, Japan, June 25-28 2014
http://www.cars-int.org/
CARS 2014 Abstract Submission: 10 January 2014

International Workshop on Biomedical Image Registration (WBIR 2014)
London, UK, 7-8 July 2014
http://wbir2014.cs.ucl.ac.uk/
WBIR 2014 Abstract Submission:  17 January 2014

International Conference on Pattern Recognition International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR 2014)
Stockholm, Sweden, 24-28 August 2014 
http://www.icpr2014.org/
ICPR 2014 Abstract Submission is now closed!

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2014) Chicago, USA, 26-30 August 2014
http://embc.embs.org/2014/
EMBC 2014 Abstract Submission: 17 March 2014

Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2014)
Boston, USA,  14-18 September 2014
http://miccai2014.org/
MICCAI 2014 Abstract Submission: 28 February 2014

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2014)
Seattle, USA, 8 - 15 November, 2014
http://nssmic2014.npss-confs.org/
NSS/MIC 2014 Abstract Submission: 11 May 2014
 
Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA 2014)
Chicago, USA, 30 November-5 December 2014
http://www.rsna.org/Annual_Meeting_2014.aspx
RSNA 2014 Abstract Submission: 9 April 2014

South Korea, here I go!

My latest abstract to a conference was accepted today and I will be attending the conference in South Korea. It will be my first time in Asia... and in Gangnam (style)! More details about the conference "IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference" can be seen here: NSS/MIC, but the scientific programme is still not available. Nevertheless, the webpage has already information about the plenary talks, short courses and workshops. Hope to see some of you there!

ESMRMB 2013 - Abstract Submission

This year's deadline for abstract submission is 30th May, so there is no time left to submit. In October, the conference will be in Toulouse, France. Since this is the 30th ESMRMB conference, there will be special surprises according to the organizers. Some preliminary information about the programme is already online.
More information here.



Don't forget that next year, ESMRMB will be held together with ISMRM in Milan and the deadline will be in November. Keep track of your conferences with the Medical Imaging Google Calendar.

ISMRM 2013

ISMRM 2013 has just started. This annual meeting organized by the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine is considered by many the most important meeting in the MRI field.


The plenary talks gives us a good idea of the main/hot topics this year:
22.April: Beyond Fourier Encoding: The Need, the Challenges & the Rewards of Breaking Out of K-Space
23.April: MRI in Cancer: Promises, Controversies & Technical Innovation in Breast MRI
24.April: Standardization of MR-Based Biomarkers for Evidence Based Medicine Across Institutions
25.April: MR-PET
26.April: Connectomics: A New Frontier in Neuroscience

What do you think are going to be the hot topics this year?

More information about the program can be found here. Unfortunately, there is no way to follow closely this meeting (there is only twitter #ismrm2013). Can't wait for the time where you can follow conferences online too via video (even if not real-time).

TEDMED 2013

I hope you have already heard about TED before (if not, seriously check it out here). TEDMED is a TED conference dedicated only to medical issues and it starts today. I hope medical imaging will be part of some talks...

The schedule of the conference is here, but most important it is possible to watch the conference online in real-time or on-demand following a couple of instructions. I'll see it later on-demand according to my interests and time. Right now, the talks I am looking forward are:
- Can Science take the next leap? by Francis Collins
- What's the 21st century version of prevention? by Danny Hillis
- How can we improve health care if doctors don't know if they do any good? by Michael E. Porter

The TEDMED experience:

The videos from last year can be accessed online in TEDMED youtube channel.

ISBI 2013

ISBI 2013 - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging - is taking place this week in San Francisco. The complete program is available here and abstracts can be read. The final papers will be available in IEEExplore soon (no date was announced). Unfortunately, this conference has no way to follow it more closely for those who couldn't attend.

Scientist are snobs?

A great friend of mine has suggested that I read the article Lab life: Scientists are snobs. I have read it and I agree with a lot of what is written. I am European, so instead of states which are less funded, we have countries which are less funded than others, because these big labs are indeed in only some of these countries. Coming from a less funded country and lab, I actually always have a good amount of people in my posters, but I rarely get citations to my work... And I have to confess that at conferences, my first priority is to see all presentations and posters from my specific field and only after I go for the big lab names... And do supervisors have more time in small labs? Actually I think it depends on the supervisor...

What are your views on this?

ECR Live

European Congress of Radiology ECR 2013 is about to begin and as last year there will be live streaming of some talks, but you need to register. It only takes one minute.

Live Streaming: http://live.myesr.org/ecr2013/

3 major companies even have dedicated webpages of ECR 2013.
http://healthcare.siemens.com/news-and-events/conferences-events-new/siemens-at-ecr-2013
http://www.healthcare.philips.com/main/about/events/ecr/
http://www3.gehealthcare.co.uk/en-GB/Radiology/ECR 

Do you think all conferences should do this?

Medical Imaging Conferences 2013

It is time for researchers to plan which conference are the best to go this year. Do you recommend other Medical Imaging conferences? In the end of this post, you find the google calendar, which you can add to your account (press the button in the bottom right).

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Medical Imaging
Lake Buena Vista, USA, 9-14 February 2013
http://spie.org/x12166.xml

European Congress of Radiology (ECR 2013)

Vienna, Austria, 7-11 March 2013

http://www.myesr.org/cms/website.php?id=/en/ecr_2013.htm

International Symposium on BIOMEDICAL IMAGING: From Nano to Macro (ISBI 2013)
San Francisco, USA, 7-11 April 2013
http://www.biomedicalimaging.org/2013/

Annual meeting of the International Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM 2013)
Salt Lake City, USA, 20-26 April 2013
http://www.ismrm.org/13/

Biennial International Conference on Information Processing in Medical Imaging (IPMI 2013)
Asilomar, USA, 29 June - 3 July, 2013
http://ipmi2013.ipmi-conference.org/

Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2013) Osaka, Japan, 3-7 July 2013
http://embc2013.embs.org/

Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2013)
Nagoya, Japan,  21-26 September 2013http://www.miccai.org/conferences

European Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine and Biology (ESMRMB 2013)
Toulouse, France, 3-5 October 2013
http://www.esmrmb.org/index.php?id=/en/future_meetings.htm

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference (NSS/MIC 2013)
Seoul, Korea, 27 October - 2 November, 2013
http://www.nss-mic.org/2013/NSSMain.asp
 
Annual Meeting of the Radiology Society of North America (RSNA 2013)
Chicago, USA, 1-6 December 2013
http://www.rsna.org/Annual_Meeting_2013.aspx