One-day Workshop on Technical Issues in

Image Segmentation and Applications

 

Friday, October 15, 1999

9:00am – 5:00pm

ISIS Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

Washington, DC

 

 

Co-organizers

 

Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D. and Seong K. Mun, Ph.D.

ISIS Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

 

Program

 

8:30 am            Arrival and sign-in (breakfast provided)

 

9:00 am            Welcome remarks by Seong K. Mun, Ph.D.

Director of the ISIS Center

Georgetown University Medical Center

 

9:10 am            Workshop overview by Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D.

Workshop co-organizer, ISIS Center

Georgetown University Medical Center

 

Morning Session (Chairpersons: John Goutsias, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

    William Wells III, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School)

 

9:20 am            Three decades of texture analysis

                        (Html Format) or (MS PowerPoint Format)

                        Rama Chellappa, Ph.D.

                        Professor

                        Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

                        Institute for Advanced Computer Studies

                        University of Maryland at College Park

 

9:50 am            Robust object detection using scale space filtering

                        (Html Format) or (MS PowerPoint Format)

                        Arun Sood, Ph.D.

                        Professor

                        Department of Computer Science

                        George Mason University

 

10:20 am          Coffee break

 

10:30 am          System demo: 3D Reconstruction of segmented CT images and radiation treatment planning

Presented by: Huchen Xie, Ph.D., NCI

 

10:50 am          Panel discussion I: What are the underlying principles of image segmentation? Where are the underlying limitations of the current approaches?

Chairpersons: Rama Chellappa, Ph.D., University of Maryland

A. Lynn Abbott, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

                        Panelists:         Matthew Freedman, M.D., Georgetown University

John Goutsias, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Jacqueline Le Moigne, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Center

Ben Lo, Ph.D., Georgetown University

Arun Sood, Ph.D., George Mason University

James Tilton, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Center

Joseph Wang, Ph.D., Catholic University of America

William Wells III, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D., Georgetown University

 

Noon: Lunch (provided at the workshop site)

 

Afternoon Session (Chairpersons: Jacqueline Le Moigne, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Center

       Matthew Freedman, M.D., Georgetown University)

 

1:30 pm            Medical image segmentation

                        (Hyperlink under construction)

                        William Wells III, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Radiology

                        Harvard Medical School and

Brigham and Women’s Hospital

 

2:00 pm            Segmentation and analysis of range images

                        (Html Format) or (MS PowerPoint Format)

A. Lynn Abbott, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Virginia Tech

 

2:30 pm            Morphological techniques for object detection and image segmentation

                        (Html Format) or (MS PowerPoint Format)

John Goutsias, Ph.D.

                        Professor

                        Center for Imaging Science and

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

The Johns Hopkins University

 

3:00 pm            Coffee break

 

3:10 pm            System demo: Segmentation of the lung in computer-aided diagnosis

                        Presented by: Ben Lo, Ph.D., Georgetown University

 

3:30 pm            Panel discussion II: Is a unified segmentation approach possible? Can we eventually overcome the problem of image segmentation?

                        Chairpersons: John Goutsias, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University

Arun Sood, Ph.D., George Mason University

                        Panelists:         A. Lynn Abbott, Ph.D., Virginia Tech

Rama Chellappa, Ph.D., University of Mary

Matthew Freedman, M.D., Georgetown University

Jacqueline Le Moigne, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Center

Ben Lo, Ph.D., Georgetown University

James Tilton, Ph.D., NASA Goddard Center

Joseph Wang, Ph.D., Catholic University of America

William Wells III, Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D., Georgetown University

 

4:50 pm            Summary of the workshop by Dr. Seong K. Mun & Mr. Gilbert Devey

 

5:00 pm            Adjournment of the workshop

 

 

 

 

 

 

General Information

 

1. Workshop Location

            Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center

Georgetown University Medical Center

            2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 603 (6th floor)

            Washington, DC 20007

            Phone: 202-697-5990

            Fax: 202-784-3479

 

2. Map and Directions

(Directions information can also be found at: http://www.isis.georgetown.edu)

 

* Map

 

 

* Directions

 

From National Airport, Richmond, and Points South:

Follow I-95 North, also known as I-395 North
Take exit towards Memorial Bridge
When this road divides, go toward Route 50/Rosslyn, Virginia
Exit for Key Bridge, stay to the left
As you cross Key Bridge, stay in middle lane
At the end of bridge, make a right and stay in the left lane
Make a left on 33rd Street
Make a right on Q Street
Make a left on Wisconsin Avenue
If you want to park in parking garage:

Make a right on Whitehaven Street
Follow the road to the left and you will find the parking garage ($6.50)
We are located in that building, Suite 603

If you want to use the meters (and risk a ticket)

There are meters on and off Wisconsin Avenue
The building is in the courtyard right next to the Holiday Inn.

 

From Baltimore Washington International Airport:


Follow I-95 South or BW Parkway South to Capital Beltway, I-495
Take I-495, toward Silver Spring
Exit at Route 355 South, toward Bethesda, Maryland
Rout 355 takes you to Wisconsin Avenue
Follow Wisconsin Avenue South for approximately 10 miles

Watch for the National Cathedral on your left

You find 2115 Wisconsin Avenue shortly on your left, right next to Holiday Inn
If you want to park in parking garage:

Make a left on Whitehaven Street
Follow the road to the left and you will find the parking garage ($6.50)
We are located in that building, Suite 603

If you want to use the meters (and risk a ticket)

There are meters on and off Wisconsin Avenue
The building is in the courtyard right next to the Holiday Inn.

 

From Dulles International Airport and Points West:

Follow Dulles Airport Access Road to I-66*
Follow I-66 East to Key Bridge, Exit/Rosslyn, Virginia
After exiting, stay in left lane
Make a left at third light onto Key Bridge
As you cross Key Bridge, Stay in middle lane
At end of bridge, make a right and stay in left lane
Make a left on 33rd Street
Make a right on Q Street
Make a left on Wisconsin Avenue
If you want to park in parking garage:

Make a right on Whitehaven Street
Follow the road to the left and you will find the parking garage ($6.50)
We are located in that building, Suite 603

If you want to use the meters (and risk a ticket)

There are meters on and off Wisconsin Avenue
The building is in the courtyard right next to the Holiday Inn.

 

From Route 270 and Points Northwest:

Follow 270 South to the Capital Beltway, I-495
Take I-495 South toward Virginia
Follow I-495 South to Cabin John Parkway, Exit 40 (Glen Echo)
Take Cabin John Parkway past Chain Bridge to Arizona Avenue
Make left onto Arizona Avenue
Follow Arizona Avenue to MacArthur Blvd.
Make right onto MacArthur Blvd.
Bear left at fork onto Reservoir Road
Stay on Reservoir Road
Make a left on 35th Street
Make a right on Whitehaven Street
Make a left on Wisconsin Avenue
If you want to park in parking garage:

Make a left on Whitehaven Street
Follow the road to the left and you will find the parking garage ($6.50)
We are located in that building, Suite 603

If you want to use the meters (and risk a ticket)

There are meters on and off Wisconsin Avenue
The building is in the courtyard right next to the Holiday Inn.

 

*I-66 has HOV Restrictions and is only for carpools of two or more traveling East into Washington from 6:30AM until 9:00AM and West into Virginia from 4:00PM until 6:00PM.

If this restriction affects your travel, please:

Exit 1-66 at the Capital Beltway, I-495
Follow I-495 South to the exit I-395 North, which is from the left Lane
Take I-395 North and follow the directions listed for National Airport, Richmond, and Points South.

 

3. Arrival Sign-in

Please sign in upon your arrival. A document package of the workshop together with a name tag will be prepared for each participant. The sign-in desk will start at 8:00 am and breakfast will be provided for all workshop participants. The workshop will start at 9:00 am.

 

4. Parking

Please use the parking garage underneath the 2115 Wisconsin Ave. building (refer to the above map). The all-day parking fees are $5 entering before 8:00 am or $6.5 if you enter the garage after 8:00 am. The rate is flat for the whole day or any part of the day. Please take a parking ticket at the garage gate and we will reimburse it at the sign-in desk. Please use the left lane at the entrance of the garage gate as the right lane is for the monthly contractors only.

 

5. Presentation equipment

The following equipment for presentation will be available at the workshop:

(1) Laptop PowerPoint presentation projector

A laptop computer will be available for this purpose at the workshop. You are welcome to use your own laptop computer as it is more customized to you needs. Internet access is also provided.

(2) 35mm slide machine

(3) Overhead projector

 

6. Lunch

Lunch is provided at the workshop to all participants.

 

7. Contact

If you have any further questions about this workshop, please feel free to contact:

 

Jianchao Zeng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Workshop Co-organizer

ISIS Center, Georgetown University Medical Center

2115 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Suite 603

Washington, DC 20007

Phone: 202-687-1533, Fax: 202-784-3479, Email: zeng@isis.imac.georgetown.edu

 

Last Updated 11/5/1999 (Friday)