ASMUS 2020
General Program
The workshop took place on 4th October and 2020 and included the Thyroid Nodule Segmentation and Classification in Ultrasound Images Challenge, live practical technology demonstrations, Q&A sessions and two keynote talks.
Proceedings
ASMUS workshop proceedings are published as part of Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. The ASMUS 2020 proceedings can be found here: https://www.springer.com/978-3-030-60333-5
Prizes and Awards
Prizes were awarded in 3 categories: best paper, best demonstration and best presentation. All awards were sponsored by MGI Tech Co Ltd. and the winners are listed below:
Best Paper 1st Prize - Zachary Baum et al. (University College London)
Best Paper Runner Up - Kevin Gilboy et al. (Johns Hopkins University )
Best Presentation 1st Prize - Mohammad Alsharid et al. (University of Oxford)
Best Presentation Runner Up - Helena Williams et al. (KU Leuven)
Best Demonstration 1st Prize - Thomas van den Heuvel and Chris de Korte (Radboud University)
Best Demonstration Runner Up - Bradley Moore (Kitware)
Keynote Speakers
Emad Boctor
Assistant Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Emad Boctor is Assistant Professor at the Johns Hopkins Department of Radiology and Radiological Science. His research interests are focused on image-guided interventions using advanced ultrasound and optical imaging techniques. These include photoacoustics, functional NIR methods, ultrasound tomography, thermometry, elastography imaging, and machine learning-based ultrasound reconstruction methods.
Lasse Løvstakken
Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Lasse Løvstakken is a Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging. His research interests include high-speed and real-time quantitative medical ultrasound, advanced image formation, visualisation of blood and tissue dynamics, and machine learning.
ASMUS 2020 Organisers
Chairs
Yipeng Hu (Co-chair, University College London, UK)
Alison Noble (Co-chair, University of Oxford, UK)
Stephen Aylward (Co-chair, Kitware, US)
Organising Committee
Purang Abolmaesumi (University of British Columbia, Canada)
Gabor Fichtinger (Queen’s University, Canada)
Jan d’Hooge (KU Leuven, Belgium)
Chris de Korte (Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands)
Nassir Navab (Technical University of Munich, Germany)
Dong Ni (Shenzhen University, China)
Kawal Rhode (King’s College London, UK)
Russ Taylor (Johns Hopkins University, US)
Su-Lin Lee (University College London, UK)
Program Chair
Alex Grimwood (University College London, UK)
Demonstrations Chair
Zac Baum (University College London, UK)