Call for Papers
 IEEE Transacations on Medical Imaging
 
 Special Issue on Vascular Imaging 
 Alejandro Frangi, Amir Amini, Elizabeth  Bullitt
 Guest Editors 
 
 Current advances in imaging technologies and contrast media are
 conveying increasingly richer and richer information on functional and
 anatomical aspects of the vasculature both in healthy and diseased
 state. Computerized post-processing techniques to extract quantitative
 information from vascular images as well as to fuse multimodality
 information of the vessel anatomy and function are thus becoming very
 popular. Images, for example, can be processed directly to yield
 information on intravascular pressure and shear stress. There is also a
 trend to develop image-based modeling and simulation techniques that
 facilitate virtual exploration of biomechanical indices of function.
 Such methods can be useful not only to assess the extent of vascular
 disease but also to help in determining the suitability of a particular
 intervention or in optimization of the design of medical devices.  We
 invite submission of papers describing new techniques for vascular
 imaging as well as for any aspect related to multimodal fusion of
 vascular information, quantification of vascular morphology and
 function, image-based modeling and simulation of hemodynamics and
 vascular mechanics. The special issue will give particular attention to
 contributions describing methods with a thorough clinical evaluation.
 Suggested topics include but are not restricted to:
 
 * Novel vascular image acquisition techniques and contrast media
 * Coronary imaging and image analysis
 * 3-D vessel reconstruction from multiple projections
 * 3-D MRA/CTA/US image analysis and quantification tools 
 * Registration of vascular images from different modalities (3-D/3-D, 2-D/3-D,
   X-ray/IVUS) 
 * Tools for planning (endo)vascular interventions and aneurysm repair
 * Novel vessel visualization and display techniques, and navigation tools
   (e.g. vessel fly-through)  
 * Image-based flow measurement techniques from MRI, X-ray, ultrasound,
   etc. 
 * Atherosclerotic plaque imaging and characterization
 * Endothelial function characterization
 * Subject-specific modeling and simulation of hemodynamics, vascular 
   remodeling, thrombo- and atherogenesis 
   
 T-MI seeks high quality research papers for this special issue. This
 special issue will welcome both full-paper and short-communication
 submissions. Authors should submit their manuscripts electronically
 through the IEEE Manuscript Central Office
 ( http://tmi-ieee.manuscriptcentral.com ) following the T-MI Instructions
 and indicating in the Comments to the Editor-in-chief that the
 manuscript is submitted for the special issue on vascular imaging.
 Authors intending to submit articles are encouraged to discuss their
 submissions with the Guest Editors to determine suitability for this
 special issue. More info at: www.ieee-tmi.org.
 
 Guest Editors: 
 Alejandro Frangi, PhD, Computer Vision Group 
 Aragon Institute of Engineering Research, Universidad de Zaragoza. SPAIN
 mailto:afrangi@unizar.es   
 
 Amir Amini, PhD, Cardiovascular Image Analysis Lab
 Washington University School of Medicine, USA
 mailto:amini@cauchy.wustl.edu  
 
 Elizabeth Bullitt, MD, Division of Neurosurgery   
 University of North Carolina-CH, USA
 mailto:bullitt@med.unc.edu
 	
 Schedule: 	
 Submission of manuscripts: 		1st May 2004 
 Acceptance/rejection notification: 	1st August 2004 
 Revised manuscripts due: 		1st October 2004 
 Publication: 				February/March 2005