Medical Image Understanding and Analysis 2004 Imperial College London, 23-24 September Announcement This is the eighth annual technical meeting which follows the successful series begun in Oxford in 1997. The meetings are designed to provide a UK forum for the dissemination and discussion of research in medical image understanding and analysis, an expanding area in which significant advances are currently being made. It is an area notable for the range of research communities involved, and the meeting aims to encourage the growth and raise the profile of this multi-disciplinary field by bringing together the various communities. Technical contributions are sought in all relevant areas including, but not limited to, the following: analysis of time series quantitative image analysis analysis of functional images artificial intelligence in imaging segmentation/classification cardiac imaging decision support shape analysis computer-aided pathology image interpretation statistical methods in imaging computer-aided radiology image perception systematic testing & validation computer assisted surgery image registration texture analysis human computer interaction intelligent imaging systems virtual reality image guided intervention motion analysis visualisation tissue perfusion multi modality data fusion novel imaging methods Conference Calendar Deadline for receipt of submissions Friday 28 May 2004 Notification of acceptance Friday 23 July 2004 Meeting 23 and 24 September 2004 Format of Meeting The two day meeting will consist of a single track of oral presentations, with each session moderated by an invited clinical chairperson to encourage consideration and discussion of clinical relevance. Generous time will be allowed for poster sessions. All submissions conforming with the instructions for authors will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. Those accepted for oral or poster presentation will be included, following revision by the author, in a volume of proceedings available at the meeting and on-line at the meeting website. Invited Speakers Prof. Guido Gerig, University of North Carolina Prof. Ara Darzi, Imperial College London Prof. Klaas Prüssmann, ETH Zürich Dr. Andrew Fitzgibbon, University of Oxford Organization The Medical Image Understanding and Analysis conference (MIUA 2004) is organised and hosted by Image Sciences Centre (ISC) Imperial College London and the Medical Imaging and Signals (MIAS) IRC. Co-chairs Dr Daniel Rueckert, Imperial College London. Professor Jo Hajnal, Imperial College London. Professor Guang-Zhong Yang, Imperial College London. Steering Committee E Berry, University of Leeds, IPEM D Hawkes, Kings College London JM Brady, University of Oxford, RAE CJ Taylor, University of Manchester, BMVA JS Fleming, University of Southampton, BIR Programme Committee SR Arridge (University College London) A Colchester (University of Kent) S Astley (University of Manchester) D Hill (Kings College London) J Bamber (Royal Marsden Hospital) A Houston (Royal Hospital Haslar) A Bhalerao (University of Warwick) A Todd-Pokropek (University College London) A Bulpitt (University of Leeds) P Undrill (University of Aberdeen) J Byrne (Radcliffe Infirmary) R Zwiggelaar (University of East Anglia) E Claridge (University of Birmingham) plus Chair and Steering Committee. Queries about MIUA 2004 may be sent to: Dr Daniel Rueckert, Dept of Computing, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, UK or posted by email to: D.Rueckert@imperial.ac.uk The conference website is at: http://www.miua.org.uk