EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing Special issue on Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/si/ipab.html Announce and Call for papers A critical component for true realistic biomechanical analysis and simulations is to obtain accurately, from images, the geometric data and the behavior of the desired structures. For that, the use of automatic, efficient, and robust techniques of image processing and analysis is mandatory. The main objective of this Special Issue, of the EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing, on Image Processing and Analysis in Biomechanics is to bring together recent advances in the related fields (not limited to): - Signal processing in biomechanical applications; - Data interpolation, registration, acquisition and compression in biomechanics; - Segmentation of objects in images for biomechanical applications; - 3D reconstruction of objects from images for biomechanical = applications; - 2D/3D tracking and object analysis in images for biomechanical applications; - 3D vision in biomechanics; - Biomechanical applications involving image processing and analysis algorithms; - Virtual reality in biomechanics; - Software development for image processing and analysis in = biomechanics. Submission Instructions & Important Dates: Authors should follow the journal manuscript format ( http://www.hindawi.com/journals/asp/ ) and submit their manuscript hrough the journal Manuscript Tracking System ( http://mts.hindawi.com/ ), according to the following timetable: - Manuscript Due: May 1, 2009; - First Round of Reviews: August 1, 2009; - Publication Date: November 1, 2009. Lead Guest Editor Jo=E3o Manuel R. S. Tavares, University of Porto, Portugal ( mailto:tavares@fe.up.pt ) Guest Editor R. M. Natal Jorge, University of Porto, Portugal ( mailto:rnatal@fe.up.pt )