Conference--Medical Image Perception

描述(由申请人提供)： 影像诊断在诊断医学中起着至关重要的作用。由专家阅读器(放射科医生)从图像数据中提取信息是这一过程中必不可少的一步。尽管这些训练有素的读者的表现是出类拔萃的，但它仍然远远不是理想的。用于获取和显示诊断信息的新技术的引入不断增加放射科医生必须可视化、解释和处理的信息量和复杂性。对诊断过程的理解和优化，从信息提取的角度出发，通过决策的认知过程的各个步骤进行，是医学图像感知学会(MIPS)和医学图像感知会议的重点。自1985年以来，该会议每两年举行一次。它汇集了放射科医生、心理学家、统计学家、物理学家、工程师和其他对人类和计算机诊断医学图像相关的无数感知和认知过程感兴趣的人。主题从研究与人类(放射科医生)观察者的图像解释相关的视觉搜索过程，到为优化人机界面而进行的性能的定量评估和数学建模。还特别强调了评估观察者表现的定量评估方法，这些方法包括传统接收器工作特性(ROC)技术的新变化，以及包括主观图像评级在内的替代评估方法。尽管过去会议的主要焦点是放射图像的感知和解释，但最近的会议包括其他基于图像的专业，如病理学和皮肤病，特别是在远程医疗应用的背景下的论文。医学影像感知大会将于2003年9月11日至14日在北卡罗来纳州达勒姆杜克大学校区的R.David Thomas会议中心举行。我们预计将有来自美国、欧洲和日本的约50-55名与会者。这笔助学金将用于为大约12名研究生和住院医生提供经济支持，以及宣传和节目印刷的后勤支持。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Diagnostic imaging plays a vital role in diagnostic medicine. The extraction of information from image data by" expert readers (radiologists) is an essential step in this process. While performance of these highly trained readers is exceptional, it remains far from ideal. The introduction of new technologies for acquiring and displaying diagnostic information continually adds to the amount and complexity of information that the radiologist must visualize, interpret and act upon. The understanding and optimization of the diagnostic process starting from the point of information extraction and proceeding through the various steps towards the cognitive process of decision making is a key focus of the Medical Image Perception Society (MIPS) and the Medical image Perception Conference. This conference has been held every two years since 1985. it brings together radiologists, psychologists, statisticians, physicists, engineers, and others interested in the myriad of perceptual and cognitive processes associated with the diagnosis of medical images by humans and computers. Topics range from examining the visual search processes associated with image interpretation by the human (radiologist) observer, through quantitative evaluation and mathematical modeling of performance for the optimization of the human-machine interface. Particular emphasis is also placed on presentation of quantitative evaluation methods to assess observer performance, and these range from new variations on traditional Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) techniques to alternative evaluation methods that include the incorporation of subjective image ratings. Although the major focus of the conference in the past has been on radiological image perception and interpretation, recent conferences have included papers on other image-based specialties such as pathology and dermatology, especially in the context of telemedicine applications. The Medical Image Perception Conference X will be held 11 - 14 September 2003 at the R. David Thomas Conference Center on the Duke University campus in Durham, NC. We anticipate to have approximately 50 - 55 attendees from the US, Europe and Japan. This grant will be used to provide financial support for about 12 graduate students and residents, as well as logistic support for publicity and program printing.