J. H. Gilmorehttp://www.earlybrainresearch.unc.edu/studies.html

Imaging the Early Developing Brain: Challenges and Potential Impact

Workshop at MICCAI 2008

Wednesday, Sept. 10th, 2008, 8am to 5pm, Room 903, Kimmel Center (South of Washington Square Park)

PROGRAM
8.00 to 8:15	Welcome and Introduction: Guido Gerig
8:15	John H. Gilmore, UNC, “Early brain development in normal and high risk children”
8:45	Louis Collins/Alan Evans, MNI, “Status and early results from NIH Study of Normal Brain Development”
9:15	Guido Gerig, Utah, “Challenges in imaging and image analysis of pediatric MRI/DTI data”
9.45	Daniel Rückert, Imperial College, “Assessment of brain growth in early childhood using non-rigid registration”
10.15 to 10.45	Coffee Break
11.00	Simon Warfield, Children’s Hospital, “MRI biomarkers of neonatal brain development”
11:30	Colin Studholme, “Approaches to MR image analysis of the developing human fetal brain”
12.00 to 1.30	Lunch
	Short Presentations
1.30	Francois Rousseau, “An Example-based Approach for High-Resolution Reconstruction of Developing Brain MRI” Poster / Abstract
1:40	François Leroy, “Cortical Surface Segmentation in Infants by Coupled Surfaces Deformation across Feature Field” Poster / Abstract
1:50	Nayoung Lee, “DTI analysis of pediatric populations using landmark-based approach” Slides / Abstract
2:00	Noha El-Zehiry, “Analyzing the Development and the Functionality of Dyslexic and Autistic Brains by Investigating the Relationship between the Microstructures and Macrostructures” Poster / Abstract
2:10	Rudolph Pienaar, “Analyzing the Developing Brain by Quantifying Curvature Measures” Poster / Abstract
2:20	General discussion of invited talks and short presentations
2:30 to 3:00	ALL: Panel Discussion: Open issues, approaches, collaborations, data sharing, funding opportunities etc.
3.00 to 3.30	Coffee Break and Poster Viewing
3:30 to 4:30	ALL: ev cont. Panel Discussion: Open issues, approaches, collaborations, data sharing, funding opportunities etc.