ISBI 2006 was held 6-9 Apr. 2006 in Arlington, VA.

This document summarizes the meeting.

Out of 549 submitted papers, 116 were accepted for oral presentation and 192 for poster presentation.
There were also 45 papers total in special sessions.
There were about 530 attendees.

Special sessions

• Computer vision for systems biology
  Gaudenz Danuser, The Scripps Research Institute, U.S.A.
• Progress on the diffusion tractography problem
  David Tuch, Massachusetts General Hospital, U.S.A. and Carl-Fredrik Westin, Brigham and Women's Hospital, U.S.A.
• Molecular imaging
  Vasilis Ntziachristos, Center for Molecular Imaging Research, MGH, U.S.A.
• The use of shape in biomedical image formation, modeling, and analysis
  Eric Miller, Northeastern University, U.S.A. and W. Clem Karl, Boston University, U.S.A.
• Open-source software
  Rob MacLeod, University of Utah, U.S.A.
• Towards vertical integration of biomedical data in disease modeling and healthcare delivery
  Alejandro Frangi, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain, Marco Viceconti, Instituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy and Peter Hunter, University of Auckland, New Zealand
• Optical imaging from ballistic to diffusion regimes
  Lihong Wang, Texas A&M University, U.S.A.
• Multimodality imaging
  Birsen Yazici, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, U.S.A.
• Accelerating Clinical Translation of Biomedical Imaging
  A NIBIB/NIH Supported Expert Panel Discussion Session

Plenary speakers

• Rakesh Jain, Harvard Medical School, U.S.A.
  Molecular, Cellular, Anatomical and Functional Imaging of Tumors In Vivo: From Bench to Bedside and Back
• Peter Hunter, University of Auckland, New Zealand
  Computational Physiology and the Physiome Project
• Brian Wandell, Stanford University, U.S.A.
  Development and Plasticity in Visual Cortex
• Claude Boccara, ESPCI, France
  Acousto-Optic Imaging in Perspective

Tutorials

• Recent advances in medical ultrasound: elasticity imaging and therapeutics
  Elisa Konofagou, Columbia University, U.S.A.
• Sampling and interpolation for biomedical imaging
  Michael Unser, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
• Iterative methods for image reconstruction
  Jeff Fessler, University of Michigan, U.S.A.
• Live cell microscopy imaging
  Simon Watkins, University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A.