Joan Marti – Digital Mammography

Автор: Joan Marti
Название книги: Digital Mammography
Формат: PDF
Тема: Маммография
Страницы: 789
Качество: Изначально компьютерное, E-book

This volume of Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science series comprises
the scientific proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Digital
Mammography (IWDM), which was held June 16–18, 2010 in Girona, Catalonia.
The IWDM meetings traditionally bring together a diverse set of researchers
(physicists, mathematicians, computer scientists, engineers), clinicians (radiologists,
surgeons) and representatives of industry, who are jointly committed to
developing technology, not just for its own sake, but to support clinicians in
the early detection and subsequent patient management of breast cancer. The
IWDM conference series was initiated at a 1993 meeting of the SPIE Medical
Imaging Symposium in San Jose, CA, with subsequent meetings hosted every
two years by researchers around the world. Former workshops were held in York,
England (1994), Chicago, IL USA (1996), Nijmegen, The Netherlands (1998),
Toronto, Canada (2000), Bremen, Germany (2002), Durham, NC, USA (2004),
Manchester, UK (2006) and Tucson, AZ USA (2008). Each of these scientific
events was combined with very successful and focused industrial and research
exhibits, which demonstrated the milestones of digital mammography over the
years.
A total number of 141 paper submissions from 21 countries were received.
Each of these four-page abstract submissions was reviewed in a blind process by
at least two members of the Scientific Committee, which led to a final selection
of 46 oral presentations and 57 posters during the two and one-half days of
scientific sessions. At this point I would like to acknowledge the excellent work
of the Scientific Committee in guaranteeing scientific significance by means of
providing feedback to the authors for the final papers. Thus, the 103 final papers
included in this proceedings volume (LNCS 6136) constitute a comprehensive
state of the art in breast imaging today.
As in the previous meetings, the 2010 IWDM program reflects not only the
major challenges over the past that still remain active (CAD, lesion detection,
image segmentation, image registration, risk assessment), but also the current
trends and efforts being made to improve digital mammography for the early detection
of breast cancer, paying special attention to volumetric imaging and digital
breast tomosynthesis. We were also very honored to have as keynote speakers
such internationally recognized researchers as Melcior Sent´ıs, from UDIAT,
Spain, who discussed the “Transition to Digital Mammography: Challenges and
Future Trends,” Ingvar Andersson from Malm¨o University Hospital, who raised
the question “Breast Tomosynthesis: Mammography of the Future?,” and Sir
Michael Brady from the University of Oxford, UK, who spoke on “Information
from Breast Images.” The three keynote speakers provided a window to give us
a glance at the future in breast imaging by means of understanding the past and
current achievements
The 10th IWDM also took advantage of the participation of industrial partners
who both exhibited at the meeting and provided sponsorship of various conference
events, thus adding considerable quality and visibility to the meeting.
Organizing an event like the IWDM meeting is not feasible without a bunch
of active people working behind the scenes. Among them, Laura Batlle, who
worked many hours to recruit the industrial partners and helped during the
registration process; `Aric Monterde, responsible of all the 2010 IWDM designs,
including the logos and poster; Xavier Llad´o, who took care of all the details
related to the conference center; Jordi Freixenet, in front of the social events;
Arnau Oliver, who timely produced the final version of the proceedings; and
Joseta Roca, always in search of financial support. The contribution of Robert
Mart´ı as scientific and technical advisor became essential when planning and
executing the phases of the meeting. Many thanks also to Reyer Zwiggelaar,
who conveniently pushed me to apply for the organization of the conference
during my research stay at Aberystwyth University (Wales) in 2008.