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One-day conference: Internationally-recognized experts review five major fields of bioimaging (CT, MRI, Optical Imaging, Ultrasound, Molecular/Nuclear Imaging) in one day. Tentative speakers include:
  • Jonathan Ophir, PhD
    Ultrasound
    University of Texas Medical School
  • Jeff Siewerdsen, PhD
    Computed Tomography
    Johns Hopkins University
  • Peter So, PhD
    Optical Imaging
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Kamil Ugurbil, PhD
    Magnetic Resonance Imaging

    University of Minnesota
  • Julie Sutcliffe, PhD
    Nuclear/Molecular Imaging

    UC Davis

Special Topics: In keeping with our past seven years we will be inviting at least two special topic lecturers outside of the core imaging themes to enhance the content of the meeting. In previous years this has included Imaging in Radiotherapy, Small Animal Imaging, Imaging Informatics, Tomosynthesis and Funding trends as seen through the eyes of program at NIH/NSF to name a few. Tentative speakers include:

  • Michael Vannier, MD
    Advanced Visualization and Image Processing in Medical Imaging

    University of Chicago Medical Center
  • Lei Dong, PhD
    Image Guided Radiotherapy

    MD Anderson Cancer Center

Continued this year: Pre-conference workshop and student presentations: Thursday afternoon we will be hosting a free pre-conference set of lectures by graduate students and/or faculty from regional Bioimaging programs to discuss their areas of research.

Submit Abstract

Click here to submit your abstract for MemBIS 2011 - Extended submission Deadline of October 18th

Poster Presentation: A poster session is open to all participants to promulgate recent research findings or work-in-progress.

The poster space will be limited to 65” in height and 47” in width. Poster set up will be from 10 am to noon Thursday, November 3rd and may be taken down after the pm break Friday, November 4th. You will also be asked to be present at your poster in one of two groups, 7:30pm-8pm or 8pm-8:30pm, during the poster viewing session Thursday evening.

Student Travel Awards: Student travel awards are available for first authors, which are made possible by a conference grant from NIH/NCI. Awards will be made to those whose abstracts are accepted and have submitted the earliest. The amount of the award may vary based on your geographic location i.e. need in order to facilitate more students attending the meeting. Funding for undergraduates from underrepresented groups is also available and is intended to encourage more graduate students in biomedical imaging.


 
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Disclaimer: Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by 1R13 CA139723-01 from the National Cancer Institute. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services; nor does mention by trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.