VI ECCOMAS Thematic Conference VipIMAGE 2017 www.fe.up.pt/vipimage October 18-20, 2017, Porto, Portugal Chairs: João Manuel R. S. Tavares & Renato Natal Jorge, Universidade do Porto --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Colleague, We are pleased to inform you that the submission deadline of the International Conference VipIMAGE 2017 - VI ECCOMAS THEMATIC CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL VISION AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING (www.fe.up.pt/vipimage) to be held in October 18-20, 2017, in Axis Vermar Conference & Beach Hotel, Porto, Portugal, has been postponed to April 21 (FINAL deadline). Possible Topics (not limited to) - Signal and Image Processing - Computational Vision - Medical Imaging - Physics of Medical Imaging - Tracking and Analysis of Movement - Simulation and Modeling - Image Acquisition - Industrial Applications - Shape Reconstruction - Segmentation, Matching, Simulation - Data Interpolation, Registration, Acquisition and Compression - 3D Vision - Virtual Reality - Visual Inspection - Software Development for Image Processing and Analysis - Computer Aided Diagnosis, Surgery, Therapy, and Treatment - Computational Bioimaging and Visualization - Telemedicine Systems and Applications Invited Lecturers - Mário Figueiredo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal - Khan Iftekharuddin, Old Dominion University, USA - Leo Joskowicz, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel - Gerald Schaefer, Loughborough University, UK - Dinggang Shen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA - Zeyun Yu, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee, USA Thematic Sessions - Advanced Techniques for Image-based Numerical Simulation in Biomedical Applications - Advances in Lung CT Image Processing - Application of Image Analysis in Musculoskeletal Radiology - Computational Vision and Image Processing applied to Dental Medicine - Computer Vision in Robotics - Emotions classification from EEG signals - Image Analysis and Machine Learning for Skin Ulcers - Imaging and Image Processing in Ophthalmology - Imaging and Simulation Techniques for Cardiovascular Diseases - Imaging of Flows in Lab-on-Chip Devices: Trends and Challenges - Infrared Thermal Imaging in Biomedicine - Meta-learning in Deep Learning: New Trends and Directions - Shape Analysis in Medical Imaging: From Math to Clinics Publications Proceedings: The proceedings book will be published by Springer under the book series "Lecture Notes in Computational Vision and Biomechanics" indexed by Elsevier Scopus. Journal Publication: A dedicated special issue of the Taylor & Francis international journal "Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Imaging & Visualization" indexed in Scopus, DBLP and Thomson Reuters Emerging Sources Index will be published with extended versions of the best works presented in the conference. Springer Book: A book with invited works from the ones presented in the conference will be organized for publishing by Springer. Important Dates - Deadline for Extended Abstracts: April 21, 2017 (FINAL deadline) - Authors Notification: May 10, 2017 - Deadline for Papers: June 15, 2017 We are looking forward to see you in Porto in October, 2017, João Manuel R. S. Tavares Renato Natal Jorge (VipIMAGE 2017 co-chairs) For further details, please, have a look in the conference website at: www.fe.up.pt/vipimage, the Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/VipIMAGE2017, or join the LinkedIn group at: www.linkedin.com/groups/4752820.