Dal 3 al 5 Novembre 2010 si terrà a Corfu, Grecia, la 10th IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine

Call for Papers
We would like to cordially invite you to participate in the upcoming 10th IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and Applications in Biomedicine (ITAB 2010).

The overall objective of ITAB 2010 is to cover the state of the art of Information Technology Applications in Biomedicine targeting in offering patient specific health services. The theme of the conference will be:

Emerging Technologies for Patient Specific Healthcare

ITAB 2010 marks the continuation of the previous 9 successful conferences held in Prague in 1997, in Washington DC in 1998, in Amsterdam in 1999, in Virginia in 2000, in Birmingham in 2003, in Ioannina in 2006, in Tokyo in 2007, in Shenzhen in 2008 and in Larnaca 2009.

This year’s ITAB will be held in November 3-5, 2010 in the sunny island of Corfu in Greece

Virtual Reality applications allow surgeons to practice and rehearse the surgical procedures on virtual patients, that are realistic replicas of living patients with actual pathologies, and to experiment various scenarios without risk.In addition, advances in technology are making it possible to develop systems which can help surgeons to perform their tasks in ways which are both faster and safer.
Virtual Reality (VR) technology can guide the physicians and bring them extra information before (diagnosis) or during the procedures (image-guided therapy).
Augmented Reality (AR) technology has the potential to bring the direct visualization advantage of open surgery back to minimally invasive surgery and can increase the physician's view of his surroundings with information gathered from a patient's medical images.
The aim of this Special Session is to present recent advances in VR and AR applications in Medicine and Surgery and to bring together a community of researchers, computer scientists, physicians, surgeons, engineers, to share points of views and emerging and future tools for diagnosis and therapy.
Authors are invited to submit their research contributions or practical experience reports. All papers will be peer reviewed by at least two referees.

Topics
Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Analysis
Bioinformatics, Computational Biology
Systems Biology and Modeling Methodologies
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Systems
e-Health Systems, m-Health Systems, and Telemedicine Systems.
Personal Health Systems
Virtual Physiological Human
Economic and Managerial Aspects of e-health (special session)
Virtual Reality in Medicine and Surgery (special session)
ARTReat Workshop
Bridging Public Health Informatics with Personal Health Records: Opportunities for Wellness and Disease Prevention (special session)

Chairs:
Giovanni Aloisio - Salento University, Dept. of Innovation Engineering - Italy
Lucio Tommaso De Paolis - Salento University, Dept. of Innovation Engineering - Italy

Paper Submission and Publication:
The submissions should contain original, high quality, not submitted or published elsewhere work. Papers should strictly follow IEEE format and have a page limit of 4 pages.
All accepted papers will be included in the proceedings of ITAB 2010.

Journal Special Issues:
Extended versions of selected papers of the conference will be invited for publication in journal special issues.

Important Dates:
Paper submission deadline: July 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance: August 1, 2010
Final submission: September 1, 2010
Early registration: September 1, 2010
Final program available: October 5, 2010

For more details:
Website: http://medlab.cc.uoi.gr/itab2010
Contact: lucio.depaolis@unisalento.it