Workshop on Quantitative Cancer Modelling: Mathematical Models, Imaging and Bioinformatics

August 25 - 27, 2008, The Fields Institute

Location: Fields Institute, Room 230

Description

Confirmed Speakers (speakers abstracts)

Amir Asif (York)
Bernhard Bodmann (Houston)
Jeff Collins (Medipattern Corporation)
David Jaffray (Princess Margaret Hospital)
Xin Gao (York)
Eva Lee (Georgia Tech)
Hengguang Li (Penn State)
Roderick Melnik (Wilfrid Laurier)

Ross Mitchell (Calgary)
Alessandro Oliaro (University of Torino)
Nataliya Portman (Waterloo)
Abbas Samani (Western Ontario)
Colin Studholme (UC San Francisco)
Eli Van Houten (Univ. of Canterbury, NZ)
Yuriy Zinchenko (McMaster)

Schedule

Monday, August 25th, 2008
08:50 to 09:00	Welcome and Introduction Barbara Keyfitz
09:00 to 10:00	No Title Specified David Jaffray, University of Toronto
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 to 11:30	Application of Time Reversal Signal Processing in Radiotherapy Amir Asif, York University
11:30 to 12:30	Multiple gEUD-type constraints for radiotherapy optimization Yuriy Zinchenko, University of Calgary
12:30 to 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 to 15:00	In utero mapping of brain tissue growth patterns from clinical MRI of developing human fetuses: An emerging field of image analysis research Colin Studholme, University of Washington
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 to 16:30	Model Based Reconstructive Elasticity Imaging: Finding a Best Fit Between Imaging Goals and Computational Methods Elijah Van Houten
16:30 to 17:30	Fast Finite Element Technique for Real-time Biomedical Applications Abbas Samani, University of Waterloo
17:30 to 19:30	Reception

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
09:00 to 10:00	Robust Optimization to Accommodate Effects of Systematic Treatment Uncertainties in Intensity-Modulated Radiation Therapy Eva Lee
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 to 11:30	Machine learning for automated classification in cell microscopy Bernhard Bodmann, University of Houston
11:30 to 12:30	Preliminary Results in MRE: a Finite Element Approach Hengguang Li, Wayne State University
12:30 to 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 to 15:00	B-CAD – Toward Consistent Detection and Diagnosis in Breast Cancer Sonography Jeff Collins
15:00 to 15:30	Coffee Break
15:30 to 16:30	Virtual Biopsies: Non-invasive Molecular Diagnosis of Cancer Ross Mitchell, University of Alberta
16:30 to 17:30	Time-Frequency Representations and Applications to Signal Analysis Alessandro Oliaro, University of Torino

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
09:00 to 10:00	Estimation of growth parameters of the Drosophila's wing disc development from a sequence of micrographs using the Growth as Random Diffeomorphisms Model Nataliya Portman
10:00 to 10:30	Coffee Break
10:30 to 11:30	Studying Properties of RNA Nanostructures and Their Potential Applications Roderick Melnik, Wilfrid Laurier University
11:30 to 12:30	Model Selection and Network Construction For High-Throughout Biological Data Xin Gao, York University
12:30 to 14:00	Lunch Break