This is the 13th annual technical meeting which follows the successful series begun in Oxford in 1997, with the most recent meetings being in Aberystwyth (2007) and Dundee (2008). The meetings are designed to provide a UK forum for the dissemination and discussion of research in medical image understanding and analysis, an expanding area in which significant advances are currently being made. It is an area notable for the range of research communities involved, and the meeting aims to encourage the growth and raise the profile of this multi-disciplinary field by bringing together the various communities:
to present the state-of-the-art of UK research in medical image understanding and analysis (submissions from outside the UK are also welcome)
to raise awareness of technical advances among potential users
to encourage dialogue and discussion between workers from across the field from young researcher to established clinician or scientist
from blue-sky research to practical application
from university, hospital and commercial R&D
to involve those from the range of technical and clinical disciplines involved in medical imaging, including cardiac imaging
to highlight past and current successes in the transfer of image analysis systems to clinical practice and identify clinical needs of the future
to encourage discussion of industrial opportunities and the challenges they raise