Symposium format
The symposium will take place in one day, from 8:30 to 17:30. It will consist of two invited talks by internationally recognized experts, a special clinical presentation, 18 paper presentations, and project and product exhibits.

Symposium topics
The symposium presents 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 (closed)
Full-length technical papers (up to 10 pages) 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. In addition, abstracts of the papers will be published in the Journal of Computer-Aided Surgery. Authors should send electronic copies in Word (preferred), LaTeX, ASCII, or PDF to Prof. Joskowicz at josko@cs.huji.ac.il.

Timetable

Submission (papers and exhibits)    Notice of acceptance    Camera-ready papers    Notice of acceptance    Symposium

FEBRUARY 6    March 6    March 20    March 20    May 15

2003    2003    2003    2003    2003    2003

Invited Speakers

• Prof. Tim Lueth, Charite Hospital, Berlin, GERMANY         
  "Recent advances in medical robotics"
• Prof. Allen Tannenbaum, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and Technion, ISRAEL         

  "Surface warping and image registration in medical imaging"

Special presentation

• "Hybrid Imaging PET/CT and SPECT/CT in cancer evaluation -- impact on treatment planning and monitoring" O. Israel, R. Bar-Shalom, and Z. Keidar
  Department of Nuclear Medicine, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine Technion, Haifa, ISRAEL.

Schedule

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

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.
8:45-9:15	Special lecture
	Hybrid Imaging PET/CT and SPECT/CT in cancer evaluation: impact on treatment planning and monitoring,
	O. Israel, R. Bar-Shalom, and Z. Keidar, MD. Technion and Rambam, Israel.
9:15-10:30	Paper session 1 -- Computer-aided orthopaedic surgery I
10:30-11:00	COFFEE BREAK
11:00-12:00	Paper session 2 -- Computer-aided orthopaedic surgery II
12:00-12:45	Invited lecture I
	Recent advances in medical robotics   T. Lueth, PhD, Humboldt-Univ. and Charite Hosp., Berlin, Germany.
12:45-14:00	LUNCH BREAK
14:00-14:45	Paper session 3: New robotics and imaging devices
14:45-15:30	Invited lecture II
	Surface warping and image registration in medical imaging   A. Tannenbaum, PhD, Georgia Inst. of Technology, Atlanta, USA and Technion, Israel,
15:30-15:50	COFFEE BREAK
15:50-17:30	Paper session 4 -- Medical image processing
17:30-	Closing Remarks
	L. Joskowicz and M. Shoham, The Hebrew U. and Technion ISRAEL.

Papers

• Computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery I
  • "Navigation-assisted intramedillary nailing -- the first generation"
    A. Khoury, M. Liebergall, Y. Weill, and R. Mosheiff
    Orthopaedic Surgery Department, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
  • "First generation of computerized fluoroscopic navigation in percutaenous pelvic surgery"
    R. Mosheiff, A. Khoury, Y. Weill, and M. Liebergall
    Orthopaedic Surgery Department, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
  • "CT-based navigation in orthopaedics: early experience in pelvic and spinal surgery"
    E. Bar-On
    Pediatric Orthopaedic Unit, Schneidler Children's Medical Center, ISRAEL.
  • "Implantation of the TKA search evolution with the use of the CT free navigation OrthoPilot" (video presentation)
    J. Milos, B. Pavel, and H. Radek
    Alloplasty Traumatological Hospital, Masaryk University School of Medicine Brno, CZECH REUBLIC
  • "OrthoPilot CT-free navigation system for TKR surgery compared to conventional TKR: experience with the first 80 patients"
    D. Robinson, Y. Kossahvili, G. Gaier, and N. Halperin,
    Departments of Orthopedics, Assaf Harofe Medical Center, Zeriffin, and Rabin Medical Center, Petach Tikva, ISRAEL.

• Computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery II
  • "Computer-assisted clinical research in spinal surgery"
    A. Templier
    Biomechanics Laboratory, Ecole Nationale Superieure des Arts et Metiers and Surgiview, Paris, FRANCE.
  • "Experiences in Computer-Assisted Surgery for THA with ROBODOC on more than 5,000 cases"
    M. Boerner and U. Wiesel
    BGU Trauma Clinic, Frankfurt, GERMANY.
  • "MARS: miniature bone-mounted robot"
    M. Shoham, M. Burman, E. Zehavi, Y. Kunicher
    Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Technion and Masor Robotics Ltd Haifa, ISRAEL.
  • "Robot-guided long bone intramedullary distal locking" L. Joskowicz, M. Shoham, C. Milgrom, Z. Yaniv, A. Simkin
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
    Orthopaedic Surgery Department, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem
    Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Technion, and Masor Robotics Ltd., Haifa, ISRAEL.

• New Robotics and Imaging Devices
  • "Robot-assisted computer enhanced closed-chest coronary surhery: first israeli experience using a harmonic scapel and ZEUS"
    A. Stamler, M. Berman, G. Sahar, E. Erez, and B. Vidne
    Dept. of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Rabin Medical Center, School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, ISRAEL.
  • "Magnetic resonance temperature mapping at 0.12 Tesla: feasibility study in liver tissue"
    D. Danniels, R. Langer and S. Akselrod Department of Medical Physics, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.
  • "Electro-optical ultrasound" A. Lev and B. Sfez
    ElectroOptical Division, Soreq NRC, Yavne, ISRAEL

• Medical Image Processing
  • "Cortical bone structural analysis for magnetic resonance images" B. Gomberg, K. Saha, and F. Wehrli
    Laboratory for Structural NMR, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, PA, USA
  • "Micro-computed tomographic analysis of endosseous titanium implant integration: a novel approach for assesing structure-function relationship related to anchorage of titanium implants in bone"
    Y. Gabet, D. Kohavik, T. Kohler, R. Muller, and I. Bab
    School of Dental Medicine, The Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical School, Jerusalem, ISRAEL
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
  • "Extraction of silhouette curves from volumetric data sets" S. Schein and G. Elber
    Computer Science Department, Technion, Haifa, ISRAEL
  • "Hierarchical segmentation of volumetric medical images"
    M. Holtzman-Gazit, R. Kimmel, D. Goldsher
    Computer Science Department and Faculty of Medicine, Technion,
    Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, ISRAEL.
  • "A probabilistic framework for the spatio-temporal segmentation of multiple sclerosis lesions in MR images of the brain"
    A. Shahar, A. Mayer, and H. Greenspan
    Department of Biomedical, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL
  • "Anatomical image-based rigid registration between fluoroscopic X-ray and CT: a whole system approach"
    L. Joskowicz, D, Knaan, H. Livyatan, and Z. Yaniv
    School of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL

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   InSightec   Hadassah Hospital   Carmel Hospital   InSightec

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   K. Hohne, 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   Western Pennsylvania Hosp. , Pittsburgh, USA   Stanford U., USA   Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA   Hamburg University, Germany   Western Pennsylvania Hosp. , 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

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.

Symposium Venue
The Symposium will be held at the Beit Sourasky Auditorium of The Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel. The Center, which is located in the Tel-Aviv area, is affiliated to the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University. For directions, call Shirley at 03-530-3114.

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

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 300 (US $60), IS 150 (US $30) for students (by April 14, 2003)
On-site registration: IS 350 (US $70), IS 200 (US $35) for students

There is a 25% discount to ISMBE members.

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: +972-4-829-5711

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Regular: IS 300 (US $60)
Student: IS 150 (US $30)

Web site and contact information

      http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~josko/isracas2003.html