Symposium format
The one-day symposium consists of five invited talks by internatiolly recognized experts, 14 paper presentations, a special prespectives from industry session, and project and product exhibits.

Symposium topics
Relevant research in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, and Electrical Engineering including but not limited to:

• multi-modal image reconstruction and segmentation
• architectures, control, and applications of medical robots
• virtual and augmented reality surgery, telesurgery
• image and sensor data registration
• computer-aided diagnosis and preoperative planning
• intraoperative surgical monitoring, support, and planning
• surgical simulators, anatomical modeling, atlases
• safety issues in computer-assisted surgery

All medical specialties include but are not limited to:

• radiology
• orthopaedics and traumatology
• laparoscopy, endoscopy, arthroscopy
• neurosurgery
• cardio-vascular surgery
• minimally invasive surgery
• urology
• maxilofacial surgery and dentistry

Submission
Full-length technical papers or extended abstracts (3-5 pages) of surveys, clinical studies, position papers, and panel topics for presentation at the Symposium are solicited. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the local and international program committee. Accepted extended abstracts will be published in a preprints booklet to be distributed to Symposium participants. Authors should send either electronic copies (preferred) in Word, LaTeX, Postscript. or plain text, or hard-copies (3 sets) to Prof. Joskowicz.

Industrial Track
One session of the symposium will be devoted to industry. The goal is to showcase research and development activities and clinical and technical achievements of active leading companies in the field. Up to six selected companies will have the opportunity to make a short technical presentation that can be accompanied by an exhibit which will be located in the entrance hall of the conference room.

We invite interested companies to submit by FEBRUARY 6, 2001 a one-page presentation and exhibit proposal. The proposals should focus on the technical, clinical, and scientific aspects of the products. Proposals will be evaluated by the symposium committee, which will promptly communicate its decision to the companies. Please send proposals (preferably by electronic mail) and address inquiries to the ISRACAS'2001 Industrial Program Chair:

Ori Hadomi
DenX Ltd.
Moshav Ora
E-mail: ori_hadomi@denx.com
Tel: +972-(0)2-641-7748 x304
Fax: +972-(0)2-642-6901

Timetable

Submission (papers)    Notice of acceptance    Camera-ready papers    Submission (companies)    Notice of acceptance    Symposium

JANUARY 31    March 4    March 30    February 6    March 30    May 17

2001    2001    2001    2001    2001    2001

Exhibitors
An equipment and systems exhibition will be be held in parallel to the lectures. Exhibitors will get a chance to address the audience. If you want to exhibit your system, please contact the organizers.

Invited Speakers

R. Bucholz, MD      B. Davies ,PhD      K. H. Hohne , PhD     C. Trantakis, MD

St. Louis Univ, USA     Imperial College, UK     Inst. of Math and CS in Medicine   Hamburg, Germany   U. of Leipzig, Germany

The Future of CAS   Robotic Surgery; Automated or Hands-on?   Visualization of Medical   Data    Computer-Aided Functional   Neurosurgery

Schedule

Papers will be presented by sections in the order listed below:

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8:00-8:30	REGISTRATION
8:30-8:45	Welcome and Introductory Remarks
	M. Shoham and L. Joskowicz, Technion and The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
8:45-9:20	Invited lecture I
	Functional neuronavigation and intraoperative MR-imaging in brain tumor surgery
	Ch. Trantakis, MD Dept. of Neurosurgery Univ. of Leipzig, Germany.
9:20-9:45	Paper session 1 -- Neurosurgery and neurology
9:45-10:15	Paper session 2 -- Maxillofacial and craneofacial surgery
10:15-10:40	COFFEE BREAK
10:40-11:25	Paper session 3 -- Orthopaedics
11:25-12:10	Invited lecture 2
	Recent developments in Computer-Aided Surgery  R. Bucholz, MD FACS St. Louis University, USA.
12:10-14:25	LUNCH BREAK
13:25-14:25	Special session: Perspectives from Industry
14:25-15:00	Invited lecture III
	Robotic Surgery; Automated or Hands-on?  B. Davies, PhD, Imperial College, UK.
15:00-15:45	Paper session III -- Emerging Technologies and applications
15:45-16:10	COFFEE BREAK
16:10-16:45	Invited lecture IV
	Computer-based body models for diagnostics, surgical planning and education   K. H. Hohne, PhD, Inst. of Mathematics and Computer Science in Medicine, Univ. of Hamburg, Germany.
16:45-17:45	Paper session IV -- Medical image processing and modelling
17:45-18:00	Closing Remarks
	L. Joskowicz and M. Shoham, The Hebrew U. and Technion ISRAEL.

Papers

• Neurosurgery and neurology
  • "Enhanced CAS: integration of pre- and intraoperative multimodality data sets in the surgery of the skull base"
    G. Strauss, F. Bootz, et al.,
    Dept. of Neurosurgery, University of Leipzig, GERMANY.
  • "Clinical experience with routine application of interactive image-guided neurosurgery system in the treatment of frameless surgical navigation system in 112 neurosurgical patients"
    Y. Shoshan, G. Rosenthal, et al.,
    Hadassah University Hospital, ISRAEL.

• Maxillofacial and craniofacial surgery
  • "Navigated insertion of dental implants"
    J. Brief, S. Hassfeld et al.
    Dept. of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, U. of Heidelberg, GERMANY.
  • "Projector-based intraoperative visualization of surgical planning data"
    H. Hoppe, J. Brief, S. et al.,
    Inst. for Process Control and Robotics, U. of Karlsruhe, GERMANY.

• Orthopaedics
  • "Computer-assisted surgical navigation using fluoroscopy: first clinical use in spine surgery"
    P. Merloz, C. Huberson, et al.
    Univ. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Grenoble, FRANCE.
  • "The virtual cylinder concept and its application in radiation-free updates of in-situ surgical fluoroscopy "
    G. Zheng, J. Kowal, et al.
    M.E. Muller Inst. for Biomechanics, U. of Bern, SWITZERLAND.
  • "Long Bone Panoramas from flurosocopic X-ray images"
    Z. Yaniv and L. Joskowicz
    School of Computer Science and Eng., The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.

• Emerging technologies and applications
  • "Intraoperative Gamma camera using semiconductor Gamma detection"
    I. Blevis and Y. Hefetz
    Elgems Ltd, ISRAEL.
  • "Totally non-invasive tumor ablation using high intensity focused ultrasound"
    A. Weinreb
    InSightec - Image Guided Treatment Ltd., ISRAEL.
  • "Control considerations of tele-operated endoscopic tools"
    O. Ben-Porat, M. Shoham and J. Meyer
    Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, and Ben-Gurion University, ISRAEL.

• Medical image processing and modelling
  • "A variational approach for gray matter segmentation using coupled surfaces"
    R. Goldenber, R. Kimmel, E. Rivlin, and M. Rudzsky
    Dept of Computer Science, Technion, ISRAEL.
  • "Super-resolution for high-resolution MRI"
    H. Greenspan, G. Oz, S. Peled, and N. Kiryati
    Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.
  • "Variational classification for visualization of 3D ultrasound data"
    R. Fattal and D. Lischiski
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
  • "Automatic analysis of ovarian tumors based on ultrasound imaging"
    Y. Zimmer, R. Tepper, and S. Akselrod
    Medical Physics Department, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.

Perspectives from Industry: Presentations and Exhibitions

• "CT integrated robotic system for interventional procedures"
  J. Yanof, P. Klahr et al.
  Marconi Medical Systems, USA.
• "Interventional MRI"
  U. Schmidt
  GE Medical Systems, ISRAEL.
  
• Presentations by leading companies in Israel including Omikron Delta, Silicon Graphics Israel, DenX.

Local Program Committee

M. Berman, PhD   R. Beyar, MD DSc   M. Blumenfeld, PhD   S. Einav, PhD   D. Elad, PhD   M. Gomori, MD   H. Greenspan, PhD   P. Itzchak, MD   D. Maor, DSc   C. Milgrom, MD   M. Roffman, MD   R. Yagel, PhD

Biomedicom Ltd   Rambam Medical Center  GE Medical Systems Israel Ltd  Tel-Aviv University   Tel-Aviv University   Hadassah Hospital   Tel-Aviv University   Tel-Hashomer Hospital   InSight Therapeutics Ltd   Hadassah Hospital   Carmel Hospital   InSight Therapeutics Ltd

Industrial Liaison

Ori Hadomi

DenX Ltd

International Advisory Board

N. Ayache, PhD   R. Bucholz, MD   G. Barnett, MD   J. Bowersox, MD   A. Colchester, MD PhD   P. Dario, PhD   B. Davies, PhD   A. DiGioia, MD   S. Delp, PhD   E. Grimson, PhD   B. Jaramaz, PhD   L. Kavoussi, MD   R. Kikinis PhD   S. Lavallee, PhD   H. Lemke, PhD   P. Merloz, MD   L. Nolte, PhD    R. Phillips, PhD    D. Stulberg, MD   R.H. Taylor, PhD   J. Troccaz, PhD   M. Vannier, MD

INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France   St. Louis U., USA   Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA   U. of San Francisco, USA   U. of Kent, UK   Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy   Imperial College, UK   Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh, USA   Stanford U., USA   Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA   Shadyside Hospital, Pittsburgh USA   Johns Hopkins U., USA   Harvard Medical School, USA   TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France   Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany   Centre Universitaire et Hospitalier, Grenoble   U. of Bern, Switzerland   U. of Hull, UK   Northwestern U., USA   Johns Hopkins U., USA   TIMC-IMAG, Grenoble, France  U. of Iowa, USA

Symposium Venue
The Symposium will be held at Gan Oranim, Ganei Hataarucha, in Tel-Aviv, near Tel-Aviv University. Click here to access Gan Oranim's web site, or here to see a map of how to get there.

Hotels
There are no hotels walking distance from the symposium venue, but the hotels on the Tel-Aviv beach are a short 15min taxi ride away. We urge you to book early, as May is a busy tourist season. You can contact the hotels directly or use the following travel agent:

ARIEL TRAVEL & TOURS (1981) LTD.
Trumpeldor St.
Tel Aviv 63433 ISRAEL
Tel: 972 3 516 0203, Fax: 972 3 516 0915
E-mail: ariel@arieltravel.com (Att: Nili)

BASEL HOTEL
156 Hayarkon St.
TEL: 972 520 7711
FAX: 972 527 0005
Single: $76; Double: $87

TAL HOTEL
287 Hayarkon St.
TEL: 972 3 542 5500
FAX: 972 3 542 5501
Single: $75; Double: $86

METROPOLITAN
11 Trumpeldor St.
TEL: 972 3 5192727
FAX: 972 3 5172626
Single: $91; Double: $112

CARLTON TEL AVIV
10 Eliezer Peri St
Tel: 972 3 520 1818
Fax: 972 3 527 1043
Single: $170; Double: $195

SHERATON MORIAH
155 Hayarkon St
TEL: 972 3 521 6666
FAX: 972 3 527 1065
Single: $170; Double: $195

Local information and arrangements
For other questions concerning local arrangements, please contact
Sefi Cohen. or
Dr. Hayit Greenspan
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Tel-Aviv University
Ramat Aviv, Tel-Aviv 69978
Tel: 03-640-6659, 03-640-7398 Fax: 03-640-7123
E-mail: hayit@eng.tau.ac.il

Registration
Participants are required to register and pay a nominal fee which entitles them to a full lunch, acopy of the Symposium proceedings, and coffee break refreshments. We encourage participants to register early, as the number of participants will be limited.

Early registration: IS 200 (US $50), IS 100 (US $25) for students (by May 1st, 2001)
On-site registration: IS 250 (US $60), IS 125 (US $30) for students

Members of the ISMBE are entitled to 50\% discount. Payment is by check made to "TECHNION" or on-site by cash. Please note that we cannot accept credit card payments.

Send your check, together with the registration form below to:

Prof. Moshe Shoham  Faculty of Mechanical Engineering  Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology  Kiriat Hatechnion,  Haifa 32000, Israel  E-mail: shoham@techunix.technion.ac.il   Phone: +972-4-829-3264 Fax: +972-4-832-4533

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Regular: IS 200 (US $50)
Student or ISMBE Member: IS 100 (US $25)

Web site and contact information

      http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~josko/isracas2001.html