Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
CARS 2013
June 26th - 29th, Heidelberg, Germany

PROGRAM TOPICS

Deadline for abstract/paper submission: 10^th January 2013

27^th International Congress and Exhibition on Computer Assisted Radiology
Chairman: Stanley Baum, MD (USA)
Co-chair: Hans-Peter Meinzer, PhD (D)

• Medical Imaging, e.g.
  DR, CT, MR, Virtual Endoscopy, US, SPECT, PET and Molecular Imaging
• Computer Assisted Cardiovascular Imaging
• Image Processing and Display
• Medical Workstations
• Interventional Radiology
• Minimally Invasive Spinal Therapy
• Image Guided Diagnosis and Therapy of the Prostate
• Ablation Therapies
• Image Guided Radiation Therapy
• Nanotechnology for Imaging and Therapy
• Telemedicine, E-health and Multimedia EPR
• Expert Systems and Computer Assisted Education
• Economic and Management Issues
• Security, Legal and Ethical Aspects

17^th Annual Conference of the International Society for Computer Aided Surgery
President: Makoto Hashizume, MD (J)

• Computer Applications for e.g. Neurosurgery, Head and Neck, Orthopaedics, Ear Nose and Throat, Cardiovascular and Thoracoabdominal Surgery, and Plastic/Reconstructive Surgery
• Image Guided Therapy
• Image Processing and Visualization
• Surgical Robotics and Instrumentation
• Surgical Navigation
• Surgical Simulation
• 3D Modelling and Rapid Prototyping
• Postoperative Result Assessment
• Surgical Education and Training
• Haptics and Multimodal Devices in Medical Applications
• Methods of Validation and Verification
• Computer-Assisted Planning
• Knowledge and Decision Management
• Navigated Control
• Surgical Workplace – Ergonomics

15^th International Workshop on Computer-Aided Diagnosis
Chairman: Kunio Doi, PhD (USA)
Co-chair: Ulrich Bick, MD (D)

• CAD for Breast, Chest, Colon, Skeletal, Liver, Brain and Vascular Imaging
• CAD for Cancer Screening
• CAD for 3D Imaging
• CAD for Differential Diagnosis
• CAD for CT, MRI, Ultrasonography, PET and Nuclear Medicine Imaging
• Image Databases for CAD
• Computer Vision, ANN and Modelling
• Computerized Detection and Characterization of Lesions in Radiological Images
• Quantitative Analysis of Image Information
• Visualization and Quantitation of 3D Images
• Intelligent Workstations and Decision Support Systems
• Observer Performance Studies and ROC Analysis
• Clinical Evaluation and Prospective Studies
• Image Quality Issues and Evaluation
• CAD in PACS Environment

19^th Computed Maxillofacial Imaging Congress
Chairman: Allan G. Farman, PhD, DSc (USA)

• New Imaging Devices and Novel Applications
• Evidence-based Selection Criteria in Digital Maxillofacial Imaging
• Craniomaxillofacial Computer-Aided Diagnosis
• Maxillofacial Image Enhancement Algorithms
• Cranial and Maxillofacial Image Guided Surgery
• Image Navigated Dental Implantology
• Orthodontic Applications of Computed Imaging
• Endodontic Applications of Computed Imaging
• Imaging and Modelling for Maxillofacial Prosthodontics
• Cone Beam CT
• 3D and 4D Imaging
• Multi-dimensional Maxillofacial Modelling
• Virtual Reality and Dental Robotics
• Interoperability
• Maxillofacial Applications in Integrating the Healthcare Enterprise

31st International EuroPACS Meeting
President: Emanuele Neri, MD (I)

• PACS Architecture and Workflow
• PACS Workstation Design and Ergonomics
• PACS Integration in Surgical and Interventional Suites
• PACS-CAD Integration
• Open Source Software for PACS and Image Processing
• PACS beyond Radiology (Cardiology, Endoscopy, Ophthalmology, etc.)
• Image Distribution, Storage and Archiving Strategies
• PACS/RIS/HIS Integration Issues
• Regional PACS and Teleradiology
• Standardization (DICOM, HL7, IHE)
• PACS and E-Learning in Radiology and Medical Sciences
• Tablets in Radiology
• Managing Dose Information in PACS
• Structured Reporting

14^th CARS / SPIE / EuroPACS / ISCAS Joint Workshop on Surgical PACS and the Digital Operating Room
Chairmen: Osman M. Ratib, MD, PhD (CH), Heinz U. Lemke, PhD (D)

• Surgical Workflow
• Digital Operating Room
• Therapy Imaging and Model Management Systems
• Surgical PACS
• DICOM and IHE in Surgery
• Management and Assessment of OR Systems Integration
• Architectures of ORs and Imaging Suites

5^th EPMA / IFCARS Workshop on Personalized Medicine and ICT
Olga Golubnitschaja, MD (D), Heinz U. Lemke, PhD (D)

• Model-Guided Medicine
• Patient-Specific Modelling
• Model Management
• Clinical Examples of Personalized Medicine in Oncology