

Indirect detection flat-panel detectors (FPDs) consisting of hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H) thin-film transistors (TFTs) emerged as the dominant base technology for digital x-ray imaging since the turn of the millennium. New X-Ray Detector for Cone-Beam CT: Paper by Niral Sheth et al. Linte, "SPIE Medical Imaging 50th anniversary: Historical review of the Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling conference," J.

Siewerdsen and Linte recount the importance of the conference over the last 30 years, and they look ahead to how the conference will be a vibrant home to burgeoning technologies, algorithms, and markets related to image-guided procedures, robot-assisted interventions, image-based modeling, and global health. Papers earning awards for Best Student Paper and Young Scientist Awards.Major themes include image display/visualization, surgical tracking/navigation, surgical robotics, interventional imaging, image registration, and modeling.Įxceptional work from the conference is also highlighted in review of: The origins of the conference are traced from its roots in Image Capture and Display in the late 1980s, and the major themes for which the conference and its proceedings have provided a valuable forum are highlighted. The important role that the “Image-Guided Procedures” conference has presented is traced in a new paper by Jeff Siewerdsen and Cristian Linte in the Journal of Medical Imaging ( LINK). Among the conferences at the SPIE Medical Imaging Symposium is the conference now titled Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling - though its name has evolved through at least nine iterations over the last 30 years. SPIE Medical Imaging is celebrating its 50th year anniversary as one of the most important scientific forums for Medical imaging research. 50 Years of SPIE Medical Imaging! A Paper by Siewerdsen and Linte Recount the Impact in Image-Guided Procedures
