CALL FOR PAPERS:Computational Biomechanics for Medicine (Toronto, September 18, 2011) in conjuction with MICCA2011

Computational Biomechanics for Medicine
<http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/CBM2011/> ,
<http://cbm.mech.uwa.edu.au/>
will be held in Toronto, Canada in September 2011, in
conjunction with MICCAI 2011 <http://www.miccai2011.org/>.

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Key dates
.                     Deadline for paper submission: 6 June 2011

.                     Notification of acceptance: 4 July 2011

.                     Final version of papers submitted: 01 August 2011

.                     Workshop: 18 September 2011
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Rationale:

Mathematical modelling and computer simulation have proved tremendously successful in engineering. One of the greatest challenges for mechanists is to extend the success of computational mechanics to fields outside traditional engineering, in particular to biology, biomedical sciences, and medicine. The proposed workshop will provide an opportunity for computational biomechanics specialists to present and exchange opinions on the opportunities of applying their techniques to computer-integrated medicine. For example, continuum mechanics models provide a rational basis for analysing biomedical images by constraining the solution to biologically reasonable motions and processes. Biomechanical modelling can also provide clinically important information about the physical status of the underlying biology, integrating information across molecular, tissue, organ, and organism scales. The main goal of this workshop is to showcase the clinical and scientific utility of computational biomechanics in computer-integrated medicine.

Scope:

The following computational mechanics disciplines will be included:
    1. Computational solid mechanics
    2. Computational multibody systems kinematics and dynamics
    3. Computational fluid mechanics
    4. Computational thermodynamics (e.g. heat transfer, radiation)

We solicit papers that use methods of computational biomechanics in the following application areas:
 

• Medical image analysis
•  Image-guided surgery
• Surgical simulation
• Surgical intervention planning
• Surgical technique development
• Disease prognosis and diagnosis
•  Injury mechanism analysis
• Surgical aid design
• Artificial organs
•  Implant and prostheses design
• Medical robotics
• Tissue engineering
• Understanding of embryonic development
• Understanding of aging 

Paper Submission:

Submissions should include CBM6 in the subject line and the author's first name and family name in the filename. Papers should be emailed (in .pdf format) to Poul Nielsen p.nielsen@auckland.ac.nz.

Full workshop papers will be carefully reviewed. Please follow the format specifications given at
<http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/CBM2011/instruct-authors-e-CBM-6.pdf>.  

Note:

• Reference style: Use the style for Medicine, Biomedicine, Life Sciences, 
  Chemistry, Geosciences, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics as 
  specified in the Instructions to Authors 
• The figures and tables should be embedded within the text.
•  Do not anonymise your manuscript. 
•  The length of papers including figures and references should be between 
   eight (8) and twelve (12) pages.

  We look forward to seeing you in Toronto in September.

  Regards,

Poul M.F. Nielsen, University of Auckland,

p.nielsen@auckland.ac.nz;  http://www.abi.auckland.ac.nz/uoa/poul-nielsen 

Karol Miller, The University of Western Australia,

kmiller@mech.uwa.edu.au;  http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/ISML 

Adam Wittek, The University of Western Australia,

adam.wittek@uwa.edu.au; http://school.mech.uwa.edu.au/ISML