Call for papers
Special Issue on 'Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces'
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging

The Midwest Conference on Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces
was held in the Michigan State University on April 18-19, 2009. See
http://www.math.msu.edu/~wei/MCMM/index.html . It created an excellent
forum for researchers from engineering, biological and mathematical
sciences to exchange ideas and keep up with new developments. To further
disseminate research findings presented and exchanged in the conference,
The International Journal of Biomedical Imaging (IJBI) will publish a
special issue entitled 'Mathematical Methods for Images and Surfaces'.

The scope of this special issue is the same as that of the conference.
However, to better fit the scope of the journal, research findings
relevant to biomedical science and technology are particularly welcome.
Original papers and high-quality overviews on a wide range of topics in
images and surfaces are solicited for this special issue. Topics of
interest include, but are not limited to:
- Geometric flows, higher-order curvature flows, gradient flows for
image and surface analysis
- Mumford-Shah functional
- Level set methods and their applications
- Wavelets, frames and multiresolution analysis
- Mathematical algorithms for images and surfaces
- Image edge detection, segmentation, pattern recognition, video
analysis and processing
- Computational methods for biomedical imaging
- Algorithms for bioluminescence imaging, fluorescent imaging, PET
imaging, ultrasound imaging, MRI and tomography
- Computational methods for anatomy
- Mathematical analysis of protein and membrane surfaces

The papers solicited for this special issue are not restricted to the
contributions presented during the Conference. Submissions from other
researchers, which fit the scope of this special issue, are also
welcome.

Please refer to the following link:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/osi.html for more details about
this special issue. Please also note the journal's policy on Article
Processing Charges, see http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijbi/apc.html .

IMPORTANT DATES
Manuscript Due: October 1, 2009
First Round of Reviews: January 1, 2010
Anticipated Publication Date: April 1 2010

Guest editors:
Guowei Wei, Michigan State University, USA, wei@math.msu.edu
Lalita Udpa, Michigan State University, USA, udpal@egr.msu.edu
Yang Wang, Michigan State University, USA, ywang@math.msu.edu
Shan Zhao, University of Alabama, USA, szhao@bama.ua.edu