We particularly encourage the submission of works describing clinical experience with computer-aided surgery systems.

Submission
Full-length technical papers (8-10 pages) or extended abstracts (3-5 pages) of surveys, clinical studies, position papers, and panel topics for presentation at the Symposium are solicited. The submissions format is single-column, 12 point font, with 1-inch margins. 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 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   
Symposium   
February 13   
March 1   
March 22   
May 7   
2009   
2009   
2009   
2009   

Exhibitors

An equipment and systems exhibition will be held in parallel to the lectures. Exhibitors will get a chance to address the audience.

Invited Speakers

Schedule

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


8:00-8:45 REGISTRATION
8:45-9:00 Welcome and Introductory Remarks 
M. Shoham and L. Joskowicz,
Technion and The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
9:00-10:45 Papers session 1: Orthopaedics 
10:45-11:15 COFFEE BREAK 
11:15-12:15 Papers session 2: Maxillofacial, Spine, Neurosurgery 
12:15-13:00 Invited lecture 1 
Image-guided neurosurgery: from established standards to future trends  
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Meyer
Director, Neurosurgery Clinic Technical University of Munich, GERMANY  
13:00-14:15 LUNCH BREAK 
14:15-15:00 Invited lecture 2 
Advances in neuroradiology and neurosurgery  
Prof. Zvi Ram
Head, Dept of Neurosurgery, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, ISRAEL  
15:00-15:30 COFFEE BREAK  
15:30-17:15 Papers session 3 -- Medical image processing  
17:15-17:30 Closing remarks 
L. Joskowicz and M. Shoham, The Hebrew U. and Technion ISRAEL.

Papers

  • Papers session 1: Orthopaedics

    • "Patient-specific analyses of stress shielding by femoral fixation implants"
      Eran Peleg, Rami Mosheiff, Leo Joskowicz, Meir Liebergall
      The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
      Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, ISRAEL.

    • "Mechanical analysis of micro-scaffold-based implants for bone tissue engineering"
      Yaron Holdstein, Lev Podshivalov, Anath Fischer, Pinhas Bar-Yoseph
      Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL.

    • "Patellofemoral joint reconstruction from CT/MRI images"
      Alexander Miropolsky, Victor Chernishev, Anath Fischer
      Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL.

    • "Use of a novel adjustable cutting guide for computer assisted total knee arthroplasty"
      Dimitrios Koulalis, Padhraig O'Loughlin, Daniel Kendoff, Christopher Plaskos, Andrew D. Pearle
      Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA
      Praxim Inc. New York, NY, USA

    • "Robotic uni-compartmental total knee replacement"
      Andrew D. Pearle, Padhraig O'Loughlin, Michael Conditt
      Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, USA
      Mako Surgical Corporation, Florida, USA

    • "Haptic control system for a robotic medical system with applications to surface acquisition for joint arthroplasty"
      Yoel Shapiro and Alon Wolf
      Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL.

    • "The role of hip motion simulations to improve navigation systems"
      Bob Thornberry
      Florida, USA

  • Papers session 2: Maxillofacial, Spine, Neurosurgery

    • "Mandibular reconstruction using 3D-printing modeling technology"
      Avi Cohen
      Objet Geometries Ltd., ISRAEL

    • "Miniature robotic spine surgery Ð a surgical toy or a break-through?"
      Y. Barzilay, M. Liebergall, J.E. Schroeder, L. Kaplan
      Hadassah University Medical Center, Jerusalem, ISRAEL

    • "ROBOCAST: development of a robotic system for neurosurgery"
      Ilya Dyagliev and Moshe Shoham
      Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL.

    • "Target registration error in point-based rigid-body registration: a worst-case analysis"
      Reuben R. Shamir, Leo Joskowicz
      The Hebrew University, Jerusalem, ISRAEL

  • Papers session 3: Medical image processing

    • "A supervised framework for the registration and segmentation of white matter fiber tracts with application to the optic radiation tract"
      Arnaldo Mayer, Gali Zimmerman-Moreno, Ran Shadmi, Amit Batikoff and Hayit Greenspan
      Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.

    • "Segmentation of vascular segments for minimally invasive neurosurgery"
      Luca Antiga, Roberto Foroni, A Nicolato, A. DeSimone, M. Longhi, F. Lupidi, A. Sboarina, F. Gerosa, K Ricciardi.
      Neuroscience Inst. and Dept. of Neurosurgery, Univ. Hospital, Verona, ITALY

    • "Volumetric segmentation of Multiple Basal Ganglia Structures "
      Mustafa Uzunba, Octavian Soldea, Mujdat Cetin, Gozde Unal, Aytul Ercil, Ahmet Ekin, Devrim Unay, Zeynep Firat
      Sabanci University, Istanbul, TURKEY
      Yeditepe University Hospital, Istambul, TURKEY
      Philips Research, THE NETHERLANDS

    • "New interactive methods for tubular structure segmentation of medical images "
      F. Benmansour , L.D. Cohen, E. Davilla, P.C. Douek, M. Orkisz, , M.A. Zuluaga
      Univ. Paris Dauphine, Paris, FRANCE
      Univ. de Lyon, Lyon, FRANCE.

    • "Automated and interactive segmentation of lesion regions in uterine cervix images"
      Amir Alush, Hayit Greenspan Jacob Goldberger
      Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Tel-Aviv University, ISRAEL.
      Engineering School, Bar-Ilan University, ISRAEL.

    • "Patient-specific modeling of the carotid arteries for surgical simulation "
      Miriam Natanzon, Noah Broide, Moti Freiman, Einav Namer, Lior Weizman, Ofek Shilon, Leo Joskowicz, Jacob Sosna
      The Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem, ISRAEL.
      Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, ISRAEL.
      Simbionix Ltd, Israel.

Local Program Committee
D. Adam, PhD  
M. Berman, PhD  
R. Beyar, MD DSc  
M. Blumenfeld, PhD  
S. Einav, PhD  
M. Gomori, MD  
H. Greenspan, PhD  
O. Hadomi, MBA  
M. Liebergall, MD  
D. Maor, DSc  
A. Orenstein, MD  
M. Roffman, MD  
Y. Shoshan, MD  
A. Wolf, PhD  
M. Zaaroor, MD   		Technion   
Biomedicom Ltd  
Rambam Medical Center and Technion 
MediTech Advisors 
Tel-Aviv University  
Hadassah Hospital  
Tel-Aviv University  
Mazor Robotics Ltd  
Hadassah Hospital  
InSightec  
Sheba Hospital  
Carmel Hospital  
Hadassah Hospital  
Technion  
Rambam Medical Center  

International Advisory Board
N. Ayache, PhD  
A. Bauer, MD  
G. Barnett, MD  
R. Bucholz, MD  
A. Colchester, MD PhD  
E. Coste-Maniere, PhD  
P. Dario, PhD  
B. Davies, PhD  
S. Delp, PhD  
A. DiGioia, MD  
R. Ellis, PhD  
E. Grimson, PhD  
K. Hohne, PhD  
B. Jaramaz, PhD  
L. Kavoussi, MD  
R. Kikinis PhD  
H. Lemke, PhD  
P. Merloz, MD  
N. Navab, PhD  
L. Nolte, PhD  
R. Phillips, PhD  
R. Shahidi, PhD  
D. Stulberg, MD  
R.H. Taylor, PhD  
M. Vannier, MD  		INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis, France  
Marbella, Spain  
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, USA  
St. Louis U., USA  
U. of Kent, UK  
Ahava iTech, France  
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Italy  
Imperial College, UK  
Stanford U., USA  
Western Pennsylvania Hosp. , Pittsburgh, USA  
Queen's University, Canada  
Massachusets Institute of Technology, USA  
Hamburg University, Germany  
Carnegie Mellon University. , Pittsburgh, USA  
Johns Hopkins U., USA  
Harvard Medical School, USA  
Technische Universitat, Berlin, Germany  
Centre Universitaire et Hospitalier, Grenoble  
U. of Munich, Germany  
U. of Bern, Switzerland  
U. of Hull, UK  
Stanford University, USA  
Northwestern U., USA  
Johns Hopkins U., USA  
U. of Iowa, USA 

Registration

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

For early registration until May 1st, 2009, please email Lea Stern at mestern@technion.ac.il with the following information:

  • Subject: Early Registration for ISRACAS'09
  • First Name, Last Name, Title
  • Institution or Company
  • Address
  • Email
Then, send a check made to TECHNION to:

Lea Stern 
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 
Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology 
Haifa 32000, Israel 
E-mail: mestern@technion.ac.il  
Phone: +972-4-829-2102
Fax: +972-4-822-8931 

Early registration: IS 300 (US $80), IS 150 (US $40) for students (by May 3, 2009)
On-site registration: IS 350 (US $90), IS 200 (US $45) for students

On-site payment is cash or check made to "TECHNION" -- NO CREDIT CARDS!!

For further information, contact:

Prof. Moshe Shoham 
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering 
Technion -- Israel Institute of Technology 
Haifa 32000, Israel 
E-mail: shoham@tx.technion.ac.il  
Phone: +972-4-829-3264/2102
Fax: +972-4-822-8931 

Prof. Leo Joskowicz 
School of Engineering and Computer Science 
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 
Jerusalem 91904, Israel 
E-mail: josko@cs.huji.ac.il  
Phone: +972-02-658-6299 

Web site and contact information

      http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/~josko/isracas2009.html

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