Liebling, Michael University of California-Santa Barbara
Program Director: Semahat S. Demir, Ph.D.
PROJECT ABSTRACT The IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro (ISBI) is a forum for researchers particularly interested in the computational and modeling aspects of biomedical imaging. It emphasizes methodologies that have the potential to be applicable to multiple imaging modalities and to imaging at different scales. Topics include physical, biological and statistical modeling of biological and anatomical structures, image formation and reconstruction, computational and statistical image analysis, visualization, and image quality assessment. The meeting aims to facilitate cross-fertilization of methodologies between different imaging modalities and scales, with applications ranging from the nano, molecular and cellular levels through small-animal imaging to macroscopic and whole-body clinical systems. Whereas many medical imaging meetings focus on particular modalities, ISBI includes a diversity of methodologies applied to biological and anatomical imaging modalities, either emerging or well established. Applications of interest include gene expression mapping, drug discovery and delivery, molecular imaging, functional brain mapping, computational neuroanatomy, cardiovascular imaging, and cancer imaging. A principal goal of ISBI is to connect methodologies with important biomedical applications, from microscopic to macroscopic scales.
ISBI 2011, to be held during March 30?April 2, 2011, in Chicago, Illinois, will be the 8th in a series of meetings cosponsored by two IEEE societies: the Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS) and the Signal Processing Society (SPS). The inaugural ISBI meeting was held in July 2002, and subsequent ones in April 2004, 2006, 2007, May 2008, June-July 2009 and April 2010. The success of the previous ISBI meetings bodes well for the future of ISBI. The success of ISBI and its impact on the field, and indeed the future of the field itself, relies on training young investigators to work with state-of-the-art sophisticated computational or modeling tools and on informing the researcher community of the latest progress in medical imaging protocols and modalities. In addition, the inherently interdisciplinary nature of the biomedical imaging field means that no single professional organization has the majority of potential participants as its members. In this context, the tutorials series, covering very diverse topics and offered on the first day of the symposium, is an important component, which has been very popular in previous ISBI meetings. This project will fund to support the participation and attendance at the symposium by US based young investigators (students, postdoctoral fellows, and junior faculty).
This grant supported the participation and attendance at the 8th International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI'11) of US-based young investigators (students and postdoctoral fellows). ISBI'11 was held 30 March – 2 April 2011 at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois. The symposium brought together over 600 researchers in biomedical imaging to present novel research and to discuss the current state and the future of biological and medical imaging. With biomedical imaging evolving to meet new demands in biology and medicine, including the possibility to localize gene expression, to characterize cell behavior in vivo, to map out the functioning brain, or to provide personalized medicine, point-of-care delivery, and minimally invasive procedures, traditional imaging methods are challenged to improve their quality, speed, and cost. The ISBI symposium series plays a central role in facilitating interaction between researchers in engineering, medicine and the sciences. The 2011 meeting continued the tradition of fostering cross-fertilization between different imaging communities and promote inter-disciplinary research and collaborations. As a forum for researchers to exchange their latest results and learn about new techniques, ISBI'11 featured over 470 peer-reviewed presentations, 5 plenary speakers and 3 introductory short courses. The symposium also offered multiple opportunities for students to meet and get advice from leaders in the area of imaging from both academia and industry.
