The 6th International Conference on Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Intervention,MICCAI2003,washeldinMontr eal,Qü ebec,CanadaattheF- rmont Queen Elizabeth Hotel during November 15-18, 2003. This was the ?rst time the conference had been held in Canada. The proposal to host MICCAI 2003 originated from discussions within the Ontario Consortium for Ima- guided Therapy and Surgery, a multi-institutional research consortium that was supported by the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Ministry of E- erprise, Opportunity and Innovation. The objective of the conference was to o?er clinicians and scientists a - rum within which to exchange ideas in this exciting and rapidly growing ?eld. MICCAI 2003 encompassed the state of the art in computer-assisted interv- tions, medical robotics, and medical-image processing, attracting experts from numerous multidisciplinary professions that included clinicians and surgeons, computer scientists, medical physicists, and mechanical, electrical and biome- cal engineers. The quality and quantity of submitted papers were most impressive. For MICCAI 2003 we received a record 499 full submissions and 100 short c- munications. All full submissions, of 8 pages each, were reviewed by up to 5 reviewers, and the 2-page contributions were assessed by a small subcomm- tee of the Scienti?c Review Committee. All reviews were then considered by the MICCAI 2003 Program Committee, resulting in the acceptance of 206 full papers and 25 short communications. The normal mode of presentation at MICCAI 2003 was as a poster; in addition, 49 papers were chosen for oral presentation.
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Medical Image Processing.- Objective Evaluation of Facial Paralysis by Asymmetry in Expressions.- Tissue-Based Affine Registration of Brain Images to form a Vascular Density Atlas.- Quantitative Analysis of White Matter Fiber Properties along Geodesic Paths.- Three Dimensional Comparison of Interventional MR Radiofrequency Ablation Images with Tissue Response.- De-noising SPECT/PET Images Using Cross-Scale Regularization.- Intensity Compensation within Series of Images.- A Method for Analysis of Electrophysiological Responses Obtained from the Motor Fibers of the Human Internal Capsule.- Patient Classification of fMRI Activation Maps.- Combining Front Propagation with Shape Knowledge for Accurate Curvilinear Modelling.- Unsupervised Learning and Mapping of Brain fMRI Signals Based on Hidden Semi-Markov Event Sequence Models.- Feature Detection in fMRI Data: The Information Bottleneck Approach.- Regularization of Diffusion Tensor Maps Using a Non-Gaussian Markov Random Field Approach.- Quantifying Evolving Processes in Multimodal 3D Medical Images.- Detection of Objects by Integrating Watersheds and Critical Point Analysis.- A Superresolution Framework for fMRI Sequences and Its Impact on Resulting Activation Maps.- 3D Reconstruction from Truncated Rotational Angiograms Using Linear Prediction.- Tomographic Reconstruction for Truncated Cone Beam Data Using Prior CT Information.- VETOT, Volume Estimation and Tracking Over Time: Framework and Validation.- Generalized Image Models and Their Application as Statistical Models of Images.- Scan-Conversion Algorithm for Ridge Point Detection on Tubular Objects.- Visualization and Navigation.- Cortical Shift Tracking Using a Laser Range Scanner and Deformable Registration Methods.- Computed Cleansing for Virtual Colonoscopy Using a Three-Material Transition Model.- A Navigation System for Augmenting Laparoscopic Ultrasound.- Tracking Three Dimensional Ultrasound with Immunity from Ferro-Magnetic Interference.- Development of Computer-Assisted Radial Head Replacement.- Visualization of Neural DTI Vector Fields Using Line Integral Convolution.- A Direction Space Interpolation Technique for Calibration of Electromagnetic Surgical Navigation Systems.- Hand-Held Steerable Needle Device.- Minimally Invasive Navigation for the Endovascular Treatment of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Preclinical Validation of the Endovax System.- Laser Projection Augmented Reality System for Computer Assisted Surgery.- An Autostereoscopic Display System for Image-Guided Surgery Using High-Quality Integral Videography with High Performance Computing.- Enhanced 3D-Visualization of Intracranial Aneurysms Involving the Skull Base.- Comparison of Correction Protocols for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy.- A Control System for MRI-Guided Conformal Interstitial Thermal Therapy.- Area-Preserving Mappings for the Visualization of Medical Structures.- A Rapid Method for Magnetic Tracker Calibration Using a Magneto-Optic Hybrid Tracker.- Tensor Splats: Visualising Tensor Fields by Texture Mapped Volume Rendering.- Comparison of an Optical and a Mechanical Navigation System.- Interventional Imaging.- Integration of Projection Profile Matching into Clinical MR Scanner System for Real-Time Organ Tracking and Image Registration.- Projection-Based Needle Segmentation in 3D Ultrasound Images.- From Anatomic Standardization Analysis of Perfusion SPECT Data to Perfusion Pattern Modelling.- C-Mode Real Time Tomographic Reflection for a Matrix Array Ultrasound Sonic Flashlight.- Local 3D Reconstruction and Augmented Reality Visualization of Free-Hand Ultrasound for Needle Biopsy Procedures.- A System for Real-Time Endoscopic Image Enhancement.- Image Registration and Fusion for Interventional MRI Guided Thermal Ablation of the Prostate Cancer.- Camera Model and Calibration Procedure for Oblique-Viewing Endoscope.- Freehand Ultrasound Reconstruction Based on ROI Prior Modeling and Normalized Convolution.- Relative Performance of Geometric Search Algorithms for Interpolating Unstructured Mesh Data.- Displacement Correction Scheme for MR-Guided Interstitial Laser Therapy.- Non-rigid Registration of 3D Ultrasound Images of Brain Tumours Acquired during Neurosurgery.- Volume Reconstruction from Sparse 3D Ultrasonography.- PUPIL: Programmable Ultrasound Platform and Interface Library.- Intravascular Ultrasound Image Segmentation: A Fast-Marching Method.- Robust and Automatic Calibration Method for 3D Freehand Ultrasound.- The Potential for Image Guided Radiation Therapy with Cobalt-60 Tomotherapy.- Image Morphometry.- Characterization of Brain Plasticity in Schizophrenia Using Template Deformation.- Boundary and Medial Shape Analysis of the Hippocampus in Schizophrenia.- Image Analysis of Newborn Plantar Surface for Gestational Age Determination.- Corresponding Articular Cartilage Thickness Measurements in the Knee Joint by Modelling the Underlying Bone.- An Automated 3D Algorithm for Neo-cortical Thickness Measurement.- Nonlinear Diffusion Scale-Space and Fast Marching Level Sets for Segmentation of MR Imagery and Volume Estimation of Stroke Lesions.- 3D Moment Invariant Based Morphometry.- Morphometric Analysis of Brain Structures for Improved Discrimination.- An Investigation of Morphometric Changes in the Lateral Ventricles of Schizophrenic Subjects.- Segmentation II.- Robust Estimation for Brain Tumor Segmentation.- Automated Segmentation of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms in Multi-spectral MR Images.- Ground Truth in MS Lesion Volumetry - A Phantom Study.- Region Segmentation Using Information Divergence Measures.- Hierarchical Segmentation of Thin Structures in Volumetric Medical Images.- Segmenting 3D Branching Tubular Structures Using Cores.- Extraction and Application of Expert Priors to Combine Multiple Segmentations of Human Brain Tissue.- A New Brain Segmentation Framework.- Three-Dimensional Segmentation of Brain Aneurysms in CTA Using Non-parametric Region-Based Information and Implicit Deformable Models: Method and Evaluation.- A Method for Segmenting Bronchial Trees from 3D Chest X-ray CT Images.- Progression Detection of Glaucoma from Polarimetric Images.- Quantification of Retinopathy of Prematurity via Vessel Segmentation.- Atlas-Based Segmentation of the Brain for 3-Dimensional Treatment Planning in Children with Infratentorial Epend…