Dear participant of the Ultrasonic Imaging and Tomography Conference at SPIE Medical Imaging 2017,
Please be reminded of the
panel discussion of the Ultrasound Computed Tomography (USCT) data challenge (https://spie.org/MI/special-events/Technical-Event)
on Tuesday, 14th February, 5 to 7 pm, the night before the ultrasound conference starts.
The long term goal of the USCT data challenge is to build up a free and open reference database and to establish data format and software interfaces to enable simplified academic exchange to drive further development. This challenge aims on applying available image reconstruction algorithms on provided USCT data in order to establish a first interface specification. In the panel discussion we are planning to discuss the experience of challenge participants and possible future steps towards objectively evaluate and compare USCT reconstruction algorithms and imaging protocols.
Staring Tuesday and throughout the ultrasound conference posters will be presented describing the data sets and experimental setups in detail and show first results of reconstructions. Everyone is invited to participate: so if you would like to add an ‘ad hoc’ poster, just contact Nicole Ruiter or Koen van Dongen, we will try to squeeze you in.
Sincerely yours,
Nicole V. Ruiter*, Koen W.A. van Dongen*, Neb Duric† and Brecht Heyde†
*Organization of USCT data challenge
†Conference chairs