Special Sessions
Emerging photonic imaging techniques
Chair: Vasilis Ntziachristos, Technical University of Munich, Germany
- Quantitative multi-parametric two photon imaging of tissues
by Irene Georgakoudi, Tufts University - Optoacoustic systems for functional and molecular imaging in clinical and preclinical research
by Alexander Oraevsky, Fairway Medical Technologies - Photoacoustic tomography: high resolution imaging of optical contrast in vivo at super-depths
by Lihong Wang, Washington University - Advanced molecular imaging using multi-spectral opto-acoustic tomography (MSOT)
by Vasilis Ntziachristos, Technical University of Munich
Super-resolution processing in medical imaging
Chair: Denis Kouame, Universite de Toulouse, France
- Super-resolution in medical imaging: an illustrative approach through ultrasound
by Denis Kouame, Universite de Toulouse (France) - Implementation and optimization of a new super-resolution technique in PET imaging
by Osama Mawlawi, MD Anderson Cancer Center - Regularized super-resolution of brain MRI
by Hayit Greenspan, Tel-Aviv University - Super-resolution in ultrasound imaging
by Greg Clement, Harvard Medical School
Statistical methods in neuroimage analysis
Chairs: Larry Staib, Yale University, USA; Michelle Wang, University of Illinois, USA
- The role and development of technology to advance brain science
by Nicholas Lange, Harvard University - An ICA framework for integrating fMRI, ERP, and genetic data
by Vince Calhoun, University of New Mexico - Image-driven population analysis through mixture modeling
by Mert Sabuncu, MIT - Morphological appearance manifolds in computational anatomy: groupwise registration and morphological analysis
by Christos Davatzikos, University of Pennsylvania
Large-scale physiological modeling and simulation initiatives
Chairs: Alejandro Frangi, Pompeau Fabra University, Spain; Marco Viceconti, Instituti Ortopedici Rizzoli, Italy; Peter Hunter, University Auckland, New Zealand
- Motility and absorption in the small intestines: integrating MRI with lattice Boltzmann models
by Jim Brasseur, Penn State University - An integrative approach to cerebrovascular disease healthcare: IT for cerebral aneurysms
by Yiannis Ventikos, Oxford University - Progress towards a medical image through CFD analysis toolkit for respiratory function assessment on a clinical time scale
by Rob Kunz, Penn State University - Integrating biological knowledge, novel imaging modalities, and modeling in breast cancer diagnosis
by Nico Karssemeijer, University Medical Centre Nijmegan
Biomedical computing on many cores
Chair: David Kaeli, Northeastern University
- Accelerating MR image reconstruction on GPUs
by Wen-mei Hwu, University of Illinois - Accelerating regularized iterative CT reconstruction on commodity graphics hardware (GPU)
by Klaus Mueller, Stony Brook University - Biomedical Imaging Ecosystem and the Role of the GPU
by Kimberly Powell, nVidia - Profile-guided optimization of critical medical imaging algorithms
David Kaeli, Northeastern University
Technological advances in ultrasound contrast agents
Chairs: Robin Cleveland, Boston University, USA; Tyrone Porter, Boston University, USA
- Targeted drug delivery in the brain via ultrasound-induced blood-brain barrier disruption
by Nathan McDannold, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School - Improving technology for molecular imaging with ultrasound
by Paul Dayton, University of North Carolina - FDA perspective on ultrasound contrast agents safety and development
by Ira Krefting, U.S. Food and Drug Administration - Echogenic lipsomes for targeted drug delivery
by Christy Holland, University of Cincinnati