FINAL PROGRAM – ISRACAS CONFERENCE 2008

M. Shoham
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
L. Joskowicz
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Localization Error in Image-Guided Neurosurgery registration: A Clinical Study
R. Shamir, L. Joskowicz, Y. Shoshan
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

Computer-Aided Orthopedic Fracture Reduction: Clinical Evaluation of a Second Generation Prototype
A. Khoury, S. Beyth, R. Mosheiff, J. Finkelstein, M. Liebergall
Hadassah University Hospital, Israel, Sunnybrook Health Science Center, Toronto, Canada

A Novel Field-of-View Augmentation Wand for C-Arm CT-Like Fluoroscopy-Based Intraoperative Navigation
E. Peleg, R. Mosheiff, M. Liebergall
Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

Robotic Assisted Vertebroplasty: Our Experience With A Novel Approach To The Treatment Of Vertebral Compression Fractures
Y. Zaulan, V. Alexandrovsky, B. Zilberstein, M. Shoham, M. Roffman, A. Bruskin
Carmel Hospital, Haifa, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Mazor Surgical Technologies, Cesarea, Israel.

Navigation of Flexible Needle Under Ultrasound Imaging
Z. Neubach and M. Shoham
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Camera Array in Laparoscopic Procedure Visualization
N. Hassidov, M. Shoham, A. Szold, N. Bitterman
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Radiation Therapy Target Tracking: 4D Dynamic Intensity Modulated Radiation Treatment
Gideon Shichman
Cancer Therapy and Research Center, University of Texas, USA
InitiaRT, Tel Aviv, Israel

Modeling Micro-Scaffold-Based Implants for Bone Tissue Engineering
Y. Holdstein,  A. Fischer
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

Patient-Specific FEA of Femoral Fracture Fixations: Methodology and Experimental Validation
E. Peleg, R. Mosheiff, L. Joskowicz, M. Liebergal
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

Computer-Assisted Neurosurgery - Current Status and Future Perspectives
Prof. Dr. med. Kirsten Schmieder
Deputy Head, Department of Neurosurgery, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

Robotics for Image Guided Diagnostic and Therapy
Prof. Andreas Meltzer
Inst. for Medical Science and Technology, University of Dundee, UK

14:30-15:00

Integrating Models and Imaging to Guide Interventions
Prof. David Hawkes
Head of the Computational Imaging Sciences Dept, Medical School, King's College, London UK

15:00-15:25

INVITED LECTURE 4

Advanced Segmentation Methods for Medical Images
Prof. Allen Tannenbaum
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

15:45-17:55

PAPERS SESSION 3 - MEDICAL IMAGE PROSSESING

Flagellar Swimming for Medical Micro Robots: Theory, Experiments and Application
G. Kósa, P. Jakab, N. Hata, F. Jólesz, Z. Neubach, M. Shoham, M.  Zaaroor and G. Székely
ETH, Zurich, Switzerland, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA, Technion and Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel

Direct Registration of White Matter Tractographies with Application to Atlas Construction
A. Mayer, H. Greenspan
Tel Aviv University, Israel

New Method for Hepatic Vessel Classification for Virtual Surgery Tool
A. Sboarina, R. Foroni, C. Lovato, A. De Simone, G. Fracastoro, 
A. Guglielmi, GK. Ricciardi, A. Nicolato, M. Longhi, F. Lupidi, M.Gerosa
University of Verona, Italy

A Bayesian Approach for Liver Analysis: Algorithm and Validation Study
M. Freiman, O. Eliassaf, Y. Taieb, L. Joskowicz, J. Sosna
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Hadassah University Hospital, Israel

Are the Unborn in the Born Region? - The Validity of the Born  Approximation in Microscopic Imaging
S. Trattner, M. Feigin, H. Greenspan, N. Sochen
Tel Aviv University, Israel

17:55-18:00

CLOSING REMARKS

M. Shoham
Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Israel

L. Joskowicz
Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel