IEEE International Workshop on
                          MODEL-BASED 3D IMAGE ANALYSIS
                          (in conjunction with ICCV'98)

                                 January 3, 1998
                                  Bombay, India

	      CALL FOR PAPERS - Deadline Friday, 29 August 1997 -

                              ORGANIZING COMMITTEE 
Co-chairs: 
         Dr. Elisabeth Cuchet, GE, Bangalore, India 
         Dr. Girard Subsol, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France 
Scientific Board
         Prof. Raj Acharya, SUNY-Buffalo, USA 
         Prof. Nicholas Ayache, INRIA Sophia Antipolis, France 
         Prof. Michael Brady, Oxford University, United-Kingdom 
         Prof. Guido Gerig, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland 
         Prof. Girard Medioni, University of South California, United States 
         Prof. Dimitris Metaxas, University of Pennsylvania, United States 
         Prof. Alex Pentland, MIT, Cambridge, United-States 
         Prof. Jean Ponce, University of Illinois, United States 
         Prof. Daniel Thalmann, EPFL, Switzerland 
Program Committee (to be defined by the Scientific Board)

                                PRESENTATION 
                         
These last years have seen the multiplication of 3D images due to the
development and improvement of new acquisition devices (CT-Scan, MR,
3D ultrasound, confocal microscopy, seismic imagery, Cyberware range
laser, etc.)  in several application fields (medicine, molecular
biology, geology, industry, paleontology, etc.).  Such 3D images are
very large, difficult to interact with, and contain very complex
non-polyhedral structures.  In order to obtain precise and reliable
results within a reasonable computation time, 3D image processing
algorithms are very often based on "models", i.e., simplified and
synthetic representations of complex entities.

This workshop will be an opportunity to gather people from different fields
(Computer Vision, Medical Imaging, Industry, etc.) to present their research
and results, to exchange ideas, and to discuss model-based 3D image analysis.
There are three main axes for the workshop:

     * Design of a model. What to model? Mathematical formulations? How to
infer model parameters from a database? 

              Geometry Modeling 
              Shape Modeling 
              Physical Modeling 
              Mechanical Modeling 
              Motion/Deformation Modeling 
              Morphometric Tools 
              Atlas Construction 
              Deformable Models 
              Virtual Worlds 
              ... 

     * Utilization of a model. How to use the model to represent structures as
well as their properties? 

              Model-Based Segmentation 
              Model-Based Matching and Tracking 
              Model-Guided Registration 
              Physical Simulation 
              Morphometric Analysis 
              Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality 
              ... 

     * Applications. Examples of concrete implementations of model-based 3D
image analysis.  

              Medicine (representation of anatomical knowledge, planning, assisted diagnosis, surgery simulation, etc) 
              Molecular Biology (3D substructure matching of proteins, etc) 
              Geology (extraction of rifts in seismic images, etc) 
              Industry (non destructive control quality, reverse engineering, etc) 
              Paleontology (study of fossil evolution, etc) 
              ... 

The workshop will be composed of 16 oral presentations of 20-minutes and a key
note talk given by an authoritative person of the field. Texts of presentations
will be published in proceedings that will be available for the workshop.  

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                            SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Paper submission will be in the definitive format of publication in proceedings:

        * 8 pages including figures and references. 
	* IEEE conference style (print area of 17.5 cm wide by 22.53 cm high,
2 columns, 10-point Times font, single spaced). (Latex style is available from
the Web page).  
        * in addition, a summary page describing originality, importance,
relation to other work should be included.  

The papers will be reviewed by 3 people from the Program Committee.

5 copies of papers must be sent to one of the two co-chairs before Friday, 29
August.

                             Dr. Girard Subsol
                           Projet EPIDAURE INRIA
                           2004, route des Lucioles
                     BP 93 06902 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Cedex
                                 FRANCE
                                      
			     Dr. Elisabeth Cuchet
                             Hulkul Residency, F5
                               81, Lavelle Road
                               560001 BANGALORE
                                    INDIA

	Deadline for paper submission: 	Friday, 29 August 1997
        Acceptation notification: 	Friday, 3 October 1997
        Definitive paper reception: 	Friday, 31 October 1997

For any information, please consult the Web page at:
http://www.inria.fr/epidaure/personnel/subsol/MB3IA/mb3ia.html
or mail to Dr. Girard Subsol .