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=                            Program of the First                            =
=        International Conference on Computer Vision, Virtual Reality,       = 
=                          and Robotics in Medicine                          =
=                                 CVRMed'95                                  =
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                               April 3-6, 1995
                                Nice, France

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MONDAY APRIL 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------


8:30                             REGISTRATION
                             and welcome breakfast


9:30                            WELCOME ADDRESS
                                Nicholas Ayache


9:45                    SESSION 1: Augmented Reality I
        Chairs: Michael BRADY (Oxford, UK), Richard ROBB (Mayo Clinic, USA)

Evaluating and Validating an Automated Registration System for Enhanced 
Reality Visualization in Surgery, 
W.E.L. Grimson (MIT / Harvard / TASC), G.J. Ettinger (MIT / TASC), 
S.J. White (TASC), P.L. Gleason (Harvard), T. Lozano-Perez (MIT), 
W.M. Wells III (MIT / Harvard), R. Kikinis (Harvard, USA)

Vision-Based Object Registration for Real-Time Image Overlay, 
M. Uenohara (Toshiba, Japan), T. Kanade (CMU, USA)

Using a 3D position sensor for registration of SPECT and US images of the 
kidney, 
O. Peria, L. Chevalier (TIMC-IMAG), A. Francois-Joubert, J.P. Caravel, 
S. Dalsoglio (CHU Michallon, Grenoble), S. Lavallee, P. Cinquin (TIMC-IMAG, 
France)

A new framework for fusing stereo images with volumetric medical images, 
F. Betting, J. Feldmar, N. Ayache, F. Devernay (INRIA, France)

Visualisation of Multimodal Images for Neurosurgical Planning and Guidance, 
J. Zhao, A.C.F. Colchester, C.J. Henri, D.J. Hawkes, 
C. Ruff (UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK)

Registration of 3-D surface data for intra-operative guidance and 
visualization in frameless stereotactic neurosurgery, 
C.J. Henri, A.C.F. Colchester, J. Zhao, D.J. Hawkes, D.L.G. Hill 
(UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London), R.L. Evans (Roke Manor Research, UK)


12:00                              Lunch break


14:30                SESSION 2: Segmentation I / Telemedicine
          Chairs: James DUNCAN (Yale, USA), Takeo KANADE (CMU, USA)

Adaptive Segmentation of MRI Data, 
W.M. Wells III (Harvard / MIT), W.E.L. Grimson (MIT), R. Kikinis, 
F.A. Jolesz (Harvard, USA)

Virtual Space Editing of Tagged MRI Heart Data, 
L. Serra, T. Poston, H. Ng, P.A. Heng, B.C. Chua (National Univ. of Singapore)

Computer-Aided Interactive Object Delineation Using an Intelligent Paintbrush 
Technique, 
F. Maes, D. Vandermeulen,  P. Suetens, G. Marchal (MIR, Radiology-ESAT, 
K.U.Leuven, Belgium) 

Biomedical Data Exploration Meets Telecollaboration, 
G. Klinker (ECRC, Munich, Germany), I. Carlbom (DEC, Cambridge), 
W. Hsu (Microsoft, Redmond, USA), D. Terzopoulos (Univ. of Toronto, Canada)

Medical Image Segmentation Using Topologically Adaptable Snakes, 
T. McInerney, D. Terzopoulos (Univ. of Toronto, Canada)


16:00                               Coffee break


16:30                   SESSION 3: Simulation / Robotics
          Chairs: Philippe CINQUIN (Grenoble, F), Eric GRIMSON (MIT, USA)

Sophocle: A Retinal Laser Photocoagulation Simulator: Overview, 
P. Meseure (Univ. de Lille), J.F. Rouland, P. Dubois (CHU Lille), S. Karpf, 
C. Chaillou (Univ. de Lille, France)

A New Robot for High Dexterity Microsurgery, 
P.S. Schenker, H. Das, T.R. Ohm (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, USA)

Towards More Capable and Less Invasive Robotic Surgery in Orthopaedics, 
R.V. O'Toole III (Shadyside Hospital / CMU), D.A. Simon (CMU), 
B. Jaramaz (Shadyside Hospital / CMU), O. Ghattas, M.K. Blackwell (CMU), 
L. Kallivokas (Shadyside Hospital), F. Morgan (CMU), C. Visnic (Shadyside 
Hospital), A.M. DiGioia III (Shadyside Hospital / CMU), T. Kanade (CMU, USA)

Treatment Planning for Image-Guided Robotic Radiosurgery, 
R. Tombropoulos, A. Schweikard, J.C. Latombe, J.R. Adler (Stanford Univ., USA)

Robotic Radiosurgery with Beams of Adaptable Shapes, 
A. Schweikard, R. Tombropoulos, J.R. Adler (Stanford Univ., USA)


19:00                           Reception / Cocktail


TUESDAY APRIL 4 --------------------------------------------------------------
9:00                          SESSION 4: Atlases
        Chairs: Karl-Heinz HOEHNE (Hamburg, D), Max VIERGEVER (Utrecht, NL)

Automatic retrieval of anatomical structures in 3D medical images, 
J. Declerck, G. Subsol, J.P. Thirion, N. Ayache (INRIA, France)

A Novel Virtual Reality Tool for Teaching Dynamic 3D Anatomy, 
A.R. Kancherla, J.P. Rolland, D.L. Wright (Univ. of North Carolina, Chapel 
Hill), G. Burdea (Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, USA)

A Supporting System for Getting Tomograms and Screening with a Computerized 
3D Brain Atlas and a Knowledge Database, 
H. Suzuki, K. Yoshizaki (Mie Univ.), M. Matsuo (Tenri Hospital, Nara), 
J. Kashio (Mie Univ., Japan)

A MRF based random graph modelling the human cortical topography, 
J.F. Mangin (Telecom Paris / CEA, Orsay), J. Regis (CHU La Timone, Marseille), 
I. Bloch (Telecom Paris), V. Frouin, Y. Samson (CEA, Orsay), 
J. Lopez-Krahe (Telecom Paris, France)

Combining "Vertical" and "Horizontal" Features from Medical Images, 
F.L. Bookstein (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)


10:30                             Coffee break


11:00                  SESSION 5: Registration
     Chairs: Fred BOOKSTEIN (Michigan, USA), Jean-Louis COATRIEUX (INSERM, F)

3D Multi-Modality Medical Image Registration Using Feature Space Clustering, 
A. Collignon, D. Vandermeulen, P. Suetens, G. Marchal (MIR, Radiology-ESAT, 
K.U.Leuven, Belgium)

Registration of non-Segmented Images using a Genetic Algorithm, 
J.J. Jacq, C. Roux (Telecom Bretagne, Brest, France)

Anatomy-based Registration for Computer-integrated Surgery, 
A. Hamadeh, S. Lavallee (TIMC-IMAG, France), R. Szeliski (DEC, Cambridge, 
USA), P. Cinquin, O. Peria (TIMC-IMAG, France)

Comparison of feature-based matching of CT and MR brain images, 
J.B.A. Maintz (Univ. Hospital Utrecht), P.A. van den Elsen 
(Univ. Hospital Utrecht / Stanford Univ., USA), M.A. Viergever 
(Univ. Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands)


12:30                              Lunch break


14:30                           SESSION Posters I

Automatical Adaption of Anatomical Masks to the Neocortex, 
F. Kruggel (Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany)

Fast Segmentation of Brain Magnetic Resonance Tomograms, 
G. Mittelhaeusser (Univ. of Kaiserslautern), 
F. Kruggel (Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany)

Comparison of Two Multi-Scale Approaches to Edge detection in Medical Images, 
W. Beil, H.S. Stiehl (Univ. of Hamburg, Germany)

Computer Aided Surgery (CAS) system for Stereotactic Neurosurgery, 
Y. Masutani, K. Masamune, M. Suzuki, T. Dohi (Univ. of Tokyo), H. Iseki, 
K. Takakura (Tokyo Women's Medical College, Japan)

Registration of 3D objects using linear algebra, 
G. Burel, H. Henocq, J.Y. Catros (Thomson, Cesson-Sevigne, France)

Talairach-Tournoux / Schaltenbrand-Wahren Based Electronic Brain Atlas System, 
W.L. Nowinski, A. Fang, B.T. Nguyen, R. Raghavan (National Univ. of 
Singapore), R.N. Bryan, J. Miller (Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, USA)

Co-Registration of MRI and Autoradiography of Rat brain in Three-Dimensions 
following Automatic Reconstruction of 2D Data Set, 
B. Kim, K.A. Frey, S. Mukhopadhyay, B.D. Ross, C.R. Meyer 
(Univ. of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, USA)

Computer assisted analysis of echocardiographic image sequences, 
A. Giachetti (Univ. of Genova), G. Gigli (Ospedale di Rapallo), 
V. Torre (Univ. of Genova, Italy)

Computer Tracking of Tagged H MR Images for Motion Analysis, 
D. Reynard, A. Blake, A. Azzawi, P. Styles, G.K. Radda (Univ. of Oxford, UK)

Simulation of Endoscopy, 
B. Geiger (INRIA, France), R. Kikinis (Harvard Medical School, USA)

A Virtual Reality Medical Training System, 
R. Ziegler, W. Mueller, G. Fischer, M. Goebel 
(Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics, Darmstadt, Germany)

Virtual Simulation in Radiotherapy Planning, 
R. Bendl, A. Hoess, W. Schlegel (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, 
Germany)


16:00                             Coffee break


16:30                     SESSION 6: Motion
      Chairs: Ron KIKINIS (Harvard, USA), Demetri TERZOPOULOS (Toronto, CD)

2-D and 3-D Motion Analysis in Digital Subtraction Angiography, 
J.L. Coatrieux, F. Mao, C. Toumoulin, R. Collorec (INSERM, Rennes, France)

Measuring Microcirculation Using Spatiotemporal Image Analysis, 
Y. Sato, J. Chen, S. Yamamoto, S. Tamura (Osaka Univ.), N. Harada 
(National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute), T. Shiga (Osaka Univ.), 
S. Harino, Y. Oshima (Yadogawa Christian Hospital, Japan)

Dense Non-rigid Motion Estimation in sequences of 3D Images using Differential 
Constraints, 
S. Benayoun (INRIA, France), C. Nastar (MIT, USA), N. Ayache (INRIA, France)

Superquadrics and free-form deformations: a global model to fit and track 3D 
medical data, 
E. Bardinet (INRIA), L.D. Cohen (CEREMADE, Paris), N. Ayache (INRIA, France)

A Unified Framework to Assess Myocardial Function From 4D Images, 
P. Shi, G. Robinson, A. Chakraborty, L. Staib, R. Constable, A. Sinusas, 
J. Duncan (Yale Univ., USA)


18:30                                PANEL


WEDNESDAY APRIL 5 ------------------------------------------------------------


9:00                   SESSION 7: Segmentation II
     Chairs: Alan COLCHESTER (London, UK),  William WELLS (MIT/Harvard, USA)

Detection of brain activation from MRI data by likelihood-ratio test, 
S. Ruan, C. Jaggi (LEI/ISMRA, Caen), J.M. Constans (CHRU de Caen), 
D. Bloyet (LEI/ISMRA, Caen, France)

Probabilistic hyperstack segmentation of MR brain data, 
K.L. Vincken, A.S.E. Koster, M.A. Viergever (Utrecht Univ., The Netherlands)

Multiscale Representation and Analysis of Features from Medical Images, 
M. Fidrich, J.P. Thirion (INRIA, France)

A Representation for Mammographic Image Processing, 
R. Highnam, M. Brady, B. Shepstone (Oxford Univ., UK)

Finding curvilinear structures in mammograms, 
N. Cerneaz, M. Brady (Oxford Univ., UK)


10:30                                Coffee break


11:00               SESSION 8: Reconstruction / Vessels
       Chairs: Paul SUETENS (Leuven, B), Jun-ichiro TORIWAKI (Nagoya, JP)

On reconstructing Curved Object Boundaries from Sparse Sets of X-Ray Images, 
S. Sullivan (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana), A. Noble (GE, Schenectady), 
J. Ponce (Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, USA)

3D Reconstruction of Blood Vessels by Multi-Modality Data Fusion using Fuzzy 
and Markovian Modelling, 
I. Bloch (Telecom Paris), C. Pellot (INSERM, Paris), F. Sureda 
(Telecom Paris), A. Herment (INSERM, Paris, France)

Three-Dimensional Reconstruction and Volume Rendering of Intravascular 
Ultrasound Slices Imaged on a Curved Arterial Path, 
J. Lengyel, D.P. Greenberg (Cornell Univ., Ithaca), A. Yeung, E. Alderman, 
R. Popp (Stanford Univ., USA)

Analysis and 3D display of 30 MHz intravascular ultrasound images, 
M. Kluytmans, C.J. Bouma, B.M. ter Haar Romeny, G. Pasterkamp, 
M.A. Viergever (Univ. Hospital Utrecht, The Netherlands)

Simplification of Irregular Surface Meshes in 3D Medical Images, 
A. Gourdon (INRIA, France)

Deformable Models For Reconstructing Unstructured 3D Data, 
M.E. Algorri, F. Schmitt (Telecom Paris, France)
12:30                              Lunch break


14:30                           SESSION Posters II

Segmentation of Brain Tissue from MR Images, 
T. Kapur, W.E.L. Grimson (MIT), R. Kikinis (Harvard Medical School, Boston, 
USA)

Shock-Based Reaction-Diffusion Bubbles for Image Segmentation, 
H. Tek, B.B. Kimia (Brown Univ., Providence, USA)

MRI Texture Analysis Applied to Trabecular Bone: An Experimental Study, 
J. Bezy-Wendling, A. Bruno, P. Reuze (INSERM, Univ. de Rennes, France)

Object-Based 3D X-Ray Imaging, 
R. Benjamin (Imperial College, London, UK)

Quantitative Vascular Shape Analysis for 3D MR-Angiography using Mathematical 
Morphology, 
Y. Masutani, T. Kurihara, M. Suzuki, T. Dohi (Univ. of Tokyo, Japan)

B-Deformable Superquadrics for 3D Reconstruction, 
M. Neveu, D. Faudot, B. Derdouri (Univ. de Bourgogne, Dijon, France)

Modeling 3D objects with patches of quadratic surfaces: application to the 
recognition and locating of anatomic structures, 
I. Bricault, O. Monga (INRIA, France)

A Method of Analyzing a Shape with Potential Symmetry and Its Application 
to Detecting Spinal Deformity, 
S. Ishikawa, H. Kosaka, K. Kato (Kyushu Institute of Technology), 
Y. Otsuka (National Sanatorium Chiba Higashi Hospital, Japan)

Realtime Camera Calibration for Enhanced Reality Visualization, 
J.P. Mellor (MIT, USA)

Computer Assisted Knee Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: First 
Clinical Tests, 
V. Dessenne, S. Lavallee (TIMC-IMAG), R. Julliard (Clinique Mutualiste, 
Grenoble), P. Cinquin, R. Orti (TIMC-IMAG, France)

The SpiderWeb Algorithm for Extracting 3D Objects from Volume Data, 
D.B. Karron (New York Univ. Medical Center), J. Cox (Brooklyn College of the 
City Univ. of New York, USA)

Towards realistic visualization for surgery rehearsal, 
B. Pflesser, U. Tiede, K.H. Hoehne (Univ.-Hospital Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany)


16:00                              Coffee break


16:30                     Departure to Beaulieu-sur-Mer


17:00                      Visit of the Villa Kerylos


20:00                     Diner at Hotel Royal Riviera


THURSDAY APRIL 6 -------------------------------------------------------------


9:00                   SESSION 9: Segmentation III
      Chairs: Eric GRANUM (Aalborg, DK), Charles PELIZZARI (Chicago, USA)

Segmentation of 3D objects from MRI volume data using constrained elastic 
deformations of flexible Fourier surface models, 
G. Szekely, A. Kelemen, Ch. Brechbuehler, G. Gerig (ETH-Zentrum, Zurich, 
Switzerland)

Liver Definition in CT Using a Population-Based Shape Model, 
J.L. Boes, C.R. Meyer, T.E. Weymouth (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA)

Retrospective Correction of MRI Amplitude Inhomogeneities, 
C.R. Meyer, P.H. Bland (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor), 
J. Pipe (Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor / Wayne State Univ., Detroit, USA)

Design of new surface detection operators in the case of an anisotropic 
sampling of 3D volume data, 
C. Hamitouche, C. Roux (Telecom Bretagne, Brest), 
J.L. Coatrieux (Univ. de Rennes, France)


10:30                             Coffee break


11:00             SESSION 10: Augmented Reality II
     Chairs: Guido GERIG (Zurich, CH), Russ TAYLOR (Yorktown-Heights, USA)

Modelling Elasticity in Solids using Active Cubes - Application to Simulated 
Operations, 
M. Bro-Nielsen (INRIA, France / Technical Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark)

Automated Extraction and Visualization of Bronchus from 3D CT Images of Lung,
K. Mori (Nagoya Univ.), J. Hasegawa (Chukyo Univ., Toyota), J. Toriwaki 
(Nagoya Univ.), H. Anno, K. Katada (Fujita Health Univ., Toyoake, Japan)

Virtual Reality as an operative tool during scoliosis surgery, 
B. Peuchot (LASMEA, Aubiere), A. Tanguy (CHU, Clermont-Ferrand), 
M. Eude (CUST, Aubiere, France)

Neurosurgical Guidance Using the Stereo Microscope, 
P.J. Edwards, D.L.G. Hill, D.J. Hawkes (UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London, UK), 
R. Spink (Leica, Heerbrugg, Switzerland), A.C.F. Colchester (UMDS, Guy's 
Hospital), A. Strong (Maudsley Hospital), M. Gleeson (UMDS, Guy's Hospital, 
London, UK)


12:10                               Closure


14:00            Technical tour to INRIA Sophia Antipolis


16:30                 Departure to the airport / Hotels

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The welcoming and get-acquainted RECEPTION will be on

                    MONDAY, APRIL 3rd at 7:00 pm at the MERIDIEN

The BANQUET of the Conference will be on

                    WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5th at 8:00 pm 
                    at the ROYAL RIVIERA HOTEL**** 

in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, on the mediterranean sea.

The banquet will be preceded by a tour of the "Villa Kerylos" in 
Beaulieu-sur-Mer. Erected on the "Baie des Fourmis" between 1902 and 1908, 
the Villa Kerylos is an absolutely unique recreation of the dwellings of 
Ancient Greece, a striking image of refinement and beauty. This incredible 
building , which was classed as historical monument in 1967, is decorated 
to a rare standard of sumptuousness: objets d'art, noble materials.