VipIMAGE 2011 - VipIMAGE 2011 - III ECCOMAS THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING

Nowadays, computational methodologies of signal processing and analyses, namely considering 2D, 3D and 4D images, are commonly used in different application of the human society. For instances, full automatic or semi-automatic Computational Vision systems have been increasing used for surveillance tasks, traffic analysis, recognition process, inspection purposes, human-machine interfaces, 3D vision and deformation analysis.
One of the main characteristics of the Computational Vision domain is its inter- multidisciplinarity. In fact, in this domain are usually used methodologies of several more basic sciences, such as Informatics, Mathematics, Statistics, Psychology, Mechanics and Physics. Besides this inter-multidisciplinary characteristic, one of the main reasons that contributes for the continually effort done in this domain of the human knowledge is the number of applications that exists in the medical area. For instance, it is possible to consider the use of statistical or physical procedures on medical images in order to model the represented structures. This modeling can have different goals, for example: shape reconstruction, organs segmentation in images, images registration, behavior simulation, motion and deformation analysis, virtual reality, computer-assisted therapy or tissue characterization.

The main objective of these ECCOMAS Thematic Conferences on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing is to promote a comprehensive forum for discussion on the recent advances in the related fields trying to identify widespread areas of potential collaboration between researchers of different sciences.
In VipIMAGE2011 will be considered topics of (not limited to):

? Image Processing and Analysis
? Tracking and Analyze Objects in Images
? Segmentation of Objects in Images
? 3D Vision
? Signal Processing
? Data Interpolation, Registration, Acquisition and Compression
? Objects Simulation
? Virtual Reality
? Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis
? Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy, and Treatment
? Computational Bioimaging and Visualization
? Telemedicine Systems and their Applications

Therefore, VipIMAGE2011 will bring together several researchers from around the world representing several fields of study related to Computational Vision or Medical Image Processing. The expertise will span a broad range of techniques, such as finite element method, modal analyses, stochastic methods, principal components analyses, independent components analyses and distribution models. This third edition of VipIMAGE will maintain the same high scientific quality of the previous editions, with different invited lecturers, and it will take place in the south of Portugal. Besides, it should be emphasized that the multidisciplinary scope of VipIMAGE will be enhanced.