Topics

Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence

• Image processing and pattern recognition
• Big Data Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Deep Learning
• Data Mining
• Integration of Imaging Informatics and Bioinformatics

Robotic Vision & Industry 4

• Machine vision, inspection, and artificial intelligence
• Cognitive vision systems
• Bioinspired robotic vision systems
• 2-d, 3-d, 4-d imaging
• Light Illumination architectures
• Medical surgical robotics
• Block chain and distributed robotic vision sensing
• Human visual system-based Imaging
• Mobile Robotic Vision
• Logistics and e-commerce

Medical Diagnostics & Imaging to Biology

• Big Data Analysis and imaging
• Immunohistochemical digital imaging
• Translational imaging and theranostics
• Molecular imaging and biology, Omics, biomarkers, metabolites
• Virtual pathology
• Pharmaco-imaging in drugs and medicine, drug characterization
• Omics instrumentation and imaging

Medical Image Modalities

• Optical polarimetric reflectance spectroscopy
• Optical multispectral imaging,
• Narrow band imaging.
• Laser Acoustics
• Raman scattering, laser acoustics, 
• High magnification bronchovideoscopy,
• Fluorescence and autofluorescence
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT),
• MRI, PET, SPECT, CT,
• Surgical guidance imaging

On-Chip Signal or Image Processing

• Image sensors for 3D imaging
• Bio-inspired image sensor

Medical Image Analysis, Processing, & Image Visualization

• Image analysis
• Wavelets and fractals
• Deep learning
• Image registration
• Image Segmentation
• Pattern Recognition
• Feature Extraction
• Texture Analysis
• Applications of medical image processing
• Exploratory data analysis and big data
• ET, MRI, CT, SPECT, microscopy.
• Optical coherence tomography (OCT)

Imaging Devices & Techniques

• Imaging sensors and detectors
• Cameras, microscopy, spectroscopy, displays, device miniaturization
• Computer graphics and imaging.
• Imaging, machine learning, and GPU processors
• Tomographic Scanners: ECT, Inverse scattering, Industrial Scanners
• Image processing and pattern recognition
• Emerging imaging trends
• Web-based remote diagnosis
• Internet of Things (IoT) and Imaging
• Cloud Computing, Imaging, and mobile Platforms
• Cybersecurity and Imaging

High-end Image Sensors

• High speed
• Large format
• Ultra low power
• Ultra low noise
• Very high dynamic range
• On-chip processing for smarter sensors

Image Sensors Assessment & Novel Implementations or Applications

• Hyperspectral image sensors or camera
• Image sensors for computational imaging
• Image sensors for automotive applications
• Image sensors used in integrated networks (internet of things)
• Image sensors for drones and autonomous vehicles
• Sensor fusion

Emerging Imaging Trends

• Web-based remote diagnosis
• Internet of Things (IoT) and Imaging
• Cloud Computing, Imaging, and mobile Platforms
• Cybersecurity and Imaging
• Smart Cities and Imaging
• High Precision Agriculture

Remote Sensing & Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles

• Remote sensing, ladars & lidars
• Autonomous aerial and underwater imaging systems
• Bioinspired robotic vision systems
• Electromagnetic scattering
• Advanced space instruments and satellite imaging
• Sensors for aerospace applications
• Image processing and pattern recognition
• Spectral registration
• High dimensional data reduction in spectral bands

Imaging Tools

• Texture Analysis
• Image quality Assessment
• Image restoration
• Super-resolution Imaging
• Human visual system based Imaging
• Compressive sensing for imaging
• Image enhancement

Mobile Platforms, Wireless Image Transmission & Cybersecurity

• Embedded imaging, mobile and communication applications
• Web-based remote diagnosis

Multimedia Retrieval in Spectral Imaging

• Content-based retrieval in hyper/multi-spectral domain
• Summarization tools in hyper/multi-spectral domain
• Relevance feedback techniques to assist experts in taking complex decisions
• Behavioral analysis and actions recognition for complex engineering applications
• 4D/5D image reconstruction
• Semantic representation and content enrichment

Real life Imaging Applications & Challenges

• Homeland security, surveillance, inspection and monitoring
• Industrial Inspection and material characterization
• Semiconductor wafers, solar cells, nanomaterials, biomaterials and composites
• Pharmaceutical and food processing vision inspection system
• Image phenomenology and processing-active-passive sensors and illumination technologies
• Urban planning, civil engineering monitoring & transportation
• Environmental monitoring & early detection of natural hazards
• Cultural heritage applications