The 7th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer Assisted Intervention, MICCAI 2004, was held in Saint-Malo, Brittany, France at the "Palais du Grand Large" conference center, September 26-29, 2004. The p- posaltohostMICCAI2004wasstronglyencouragedandsupportedbyIRISA, Rennes. IRISA is a publicly funded national research laboratory with a sta? of 370,including150full-timeresearchscientistsorteachingresearchscientistsand 115 postgraduate students. INRIA, the CNRS, and the University of Rennes 1 are all partners in this mixed research unit, and all three organizations were helpful in supporting MICCAI. MICCAI has become a premier international conference with in-depth - pers on the multidisciplinary ?elds of medical image computing, comput- assisted intervention and medical robotics. The conference brings together cl- icians, biological scientists, computer scientists, engineers, physicists and other researchers and o?ers them a forum to exchange ideas in these exciting and rapidly growing ?elds. The impact of MICCAI increases each year and the quality and quantity of submitted papers this year was very impressive. We received a record 516 full submissions (8 pages in length) and 101 short communications (2 pages) from 36 di?erent countries and 5 continents (see ?gures below). All submissions were reviewed by up to 4 external reviewers from the Scienti?c Review C- mittee and a primary reviewer from the Program Committee. All reviews were then considered by the MICCAI 2004 Program Committee, resulting in the acceptance of 235 full papers and 33 short communications.
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Robotics.- MARGE Project: Design, Modeling and Control of Assistive Devices for Minimally Invasive Surgery.- Crawling on the Heart: A Mobile Robotic Device for Minimally Invasive Cardiac Interventions.- High Dexterity Snake-Like Robotic Slaves for Minimally Invasive Telesurgery of the Upper Airway.- Development of a Robotic Laser Surgical Tool with an Integrated Video Endoscope.- Micro-Neurosurgical System in the Deep Surgical Field.- Dense 3D Depth Recovery for Soft Tissue Deformation During Robotically Assisted Laparoscopic Surgery.- Vision-Based Assistance for Ophthalmic Micro-Surgery.- Robot-Assisted Distal Locking of Long Bone Intramedullary Nails: Localization, Registration, and In Vitro Experiments.- Liver Motion Due to Needle Pressure, Cardiac, and Respiratory Motion During the TIPS Procedure.- Visualization, Planning, and Monitoring Software for MRI-Guided Prostate Intervention Robot.- Robotic Strain Imaging for Monitoring Thermal Ablation of Liver.- A Tactile Magnification Instrument for Minimally Invasive Surgery.- A Study of Saccade Transition for Attention Segregation and Task Strategy in Laparoscopic Surgery.- Precision Freehand Sculpting of Bone.- Needle Force Sensor, Robust and Sensitive Detection of the Instant of Needle Puncture.- Handheld Laparoscopic Forceps Manipulator Using Multi-slider Linkage Mechanisms.- An MR-Compatible Optical Force Sensor for Human Function Modeling.- Flexible Needle Steering and Optimal Trajectory Planning for Percutaneous Therapies.- CT and MR Compatible Light Puncture Robot: Architectural Design and First Experiments.- Development of a Novel Robot-Assisted Orthopaedic System Designed for Total Knee Arthroplasty.- Needle Guiding Robot with Five-Bar Linkage for MR-Guided Thermotherapy of Liver Tumor.- Computer-Assisted Minimally Invasive Curettage and Reinforcement of Femoral Head Osteonecrosis with a Novel, Expandable Blade Tool.- A Parallel Robotic System with Force Sensors for Percutaneous Procedures Under CT-Guidance.- System Design for Implementing Distributed Modular Architecture to Reliable Surgical Robotic System.- Precise Evaluation of Positioning Repeatability of MR-Compatible Manipulator Inside MRI.- Simulation and Rendering.- Simulation Model of Intravascular Ultrasound Images.- Vessel Driven Correction of Brain Shift.- Predicting Tumour Location by Simulating Large Deformations of the Breast Using a 3D Finite Element Model and Nonlinear Elasticity.- Modeling of Brain Tissue Retraction Using Intraoperative Data.- Physiopathology of Pulmonary Airways: Automated Facilities for Accurate Assessment.- A Framework for the Generation of Realistic Brain Tumor Phantoms and Applications.- Measuring Biomechanical Characteristics of Blood Vessels for Early Diagnostics of Vascular Retinal Pathologies.- A 4D-Optical Measuring System for the Dynamic Acquisition of Anatomical Structures.- An Anisotropic Material Model for Image Guided Neurosurgery.- Estimating Mechanical Brain Tissue Properties with Simulation and Registration.- Dynamic Measurements of Soft Tissue Viscoelastic Properties with a Torsional Resonator Device.- Simultaneous Topology and Stiffness Identification for Mass-Spring Models Based on FEM Reference Deformations.- Human Spine Posture Estimation Method from Human Images to Calculate Physical Forces Working on Vertebrae.- Modelling Surgical Cuts, Retractions, and Resections via Extended Finite Element Method.- A Collaborative Virtual Environment for the Simulation of Temporal Bone Surgery.- 3D Computational Mechanical Analysis for Human Atherosclerotic Plaques Using MRI-Based Models with Fluid-Structure Interactions.- In Silico Tumor Growth: Application to Glioblastomas.- An Event-Driven Framework for the Simulation of Complex Surgical Procedures.- Photorealistic Rendering of Large Tissue Deformation for Surgical Simulation.- BurnCase 3D - Realistic Adaptation of 3-Dimensional Human Body Models.- Fast Soft Tissue Deformation with Tetrahedral Mass Spring Model for Maxillofacial Surgery Planning Systems.- Generic Approach for Biomechanical Simulation of Typical Boundary Value Problems in Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery Planning.- Virtual Unfolding of the Stomach Based on Volumetric Image Deformation.- Interventional Imaging.- Cadaver Validation of the Use of Ultrasound for 3D Model Instantiation of Bony Anatomy in Image Guided Orthopaedic Surgery.- Correction of Movement Artifacts from 4-D Cardiac Short- and Long-Axis MR Data.- Scale-Invariant Registratiou of Monocular Endoscopic Images to CT-Scans for Sinus Surgery.- Patient-Specific Operative Planning for Aorto-Femoral Reconstruction Procedures.- Intuitive and Efficient Control of Real-Time MRI Scan Plane Using a Six-Degree-of-Freedom Hardware Plane Navigator.- Shape-Enhanced Surgical Visualizations and Medical Illustrations with Multi-flash Imaging.- Immediate Ultrasound Calibration with Three Poses and Minimal Image Processing.- Accuracy of Navigation on 3DRX Data Acquired with a Mobile Propeller C-Arm.- High Quality Autostereoscopic Surgical Display Using Anti-aliased Integral Videography Imaging.- Enhancing Fourier Volume Rendering Using Contour Extraction.- A Novel Approach to Anatomical Structure Morphing for Intraoperative Visualization.- Enhancement of Visual Realism with BRDF for Patient Specific Bronchoscopy Simulation.- Stereo-Based Endoscopic Tracking of Cardiac Surface Deformation.- Online Noninvasive Localization of Accessory Pathways in the EP Lab.- Performance Evaluation of a Stereoscopic Based 3D Surface Localiser for Image-Guided Neurosurgery.- Bite-Block Relocation Error in Image-Guided Otologic Surgery.- Characterization of Internal Organ Motion Using Skin Marker Positions.- Augmenting Intraoperative 3D Ultrasound with Preoperative Models for Navigation in Liver Surgery.- Control System for MR-Guided Cryotherapy - Short-Term Prediction of Therapy Boundary Using Automatic Segmentation and 3D Optical Flow -.- Fast and Accurate Bronchoscope Tracking Using Image Registration and Motion Prediction.- Virtual Pneumoperitoneum for Generating Virtual Laparoscopic Views Based on Volumetric Deformation.- Soft Tissue Resection for Prostatectomy Simulation.- Precalibration Versus 2D-3D Registration for 3D Guide Wire Display in Endovascular Interventions.- Patient and Probe Tracking During Freehand Ultrasound.- Real-Time 4D Tumor Tracking and …