Previous Editions

VipIMAGE2007 - I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing was organized in Porto, Portugal, in October 2007. The challenge of organizing a scientific event on such focused subjects was a considerable success with 10 invited expertise lecturers, 44 oral presentations distributed by 13 sessions and 20 posters in a total of 75 participants from 16 countries (from Europe, Asia and America) representing academia, research institutes, medical centers and industry.
The proceedings book of VipIMAGE2007 was published by Taylor & Francis Group (Proceedings of the I ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2007, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 17-19 October 2007, Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares and R.M. Natal Jorge, ISBN: 9780415457774, Publication Date: 01/10/2007, Pages: 414).
Additionally, it was prepared and published a book on the series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences of SPRINGER, with 16 invited works from the most important ones presented in VipIMAGE2007 (Advances in Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: Methods and Applications, Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge, ISBN-10: 1402090854, Publication Date: 01/12/2008, Pages: 296).

The same organizer committee had organized in Porto, Portugal, in October 2009, the VipIMAGE2009 - II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing. Once more, the challenge of organizing a scientific event on such focused subjects was successfully achieved: VipIMAGE2009 had 6 invited expertise lecturers, 64 oral presentations distributed by 18 sessions (10 generic and 8 thematic sessions) and 17 posters in a total of 95 participants from 20 countries (from Europe, Asia and America) representing academia, research institutes, medical centers and industry.
The thematic sessions organized in the scope of VipIMAGE2009 were: 1) Computer Vision in Robotics, 2) Imaging of Biological Flows: Trends and Challenges, 3) Processing and Classification of Satellite Imagery, 4) Small Animal Imaging: Trends and Techniques, 5) Texture Image Analysis: Methods and Applications.
The proceedings book of VipIMAGE2009 was also published by Taylor & Francis Group (Proceedings of the II ECCOMAS Thematic Conference on Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing: VipIMAGE 2009, Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal, 14-16 October 2009, Editors: João Manuel R.S. Tavares and R.M. Natal Jorge, ISBN: 978-0-415-57041-1, Publication Date: 01/10/2009, Pages: 467).
Additionally, it was prepared and published a book on the series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences of SPRINGER, with 19 invited works from the most important ones presented in VipIMAGE2009 (Computational Vision and Medical Image Processing - Recent Trends, Series: Computational Methods in Applied Sciences - Vol. 19, Editors: João Manuel R. S. Tavares, R. M. Natal Jorge, ISSN: 978-94-007-0010-9, Publication Date: 29/11/2010, Pages: 349).

Objectives & Topics

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.

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