[Ieee_vis] CFP: IEEE CG&A special issue on Biomedical Applications: From Data Capture to Modeling

[Liz Marai]

IEEE CG&A

Call for Papers
Special Issue on Biomedical Applications: From Data Capture to Modeling
IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, September/October 2012

Submissions due: 14 January 2012

Web: http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/cgacfp5

The incredible array of image and data-capture tools available to the
scientific community is dramatically changing our understanding of
biological processes. For example, imaging modalities such as computed
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging let us visualize and track
complex biological processes such as beating hearts. Furthermore,
motion capture can help us to understand how birds and bats fly and
chimps climb.

Data capture is only part of the story, however. Just as calculus
helped physicists understand and model the mechanical world,
computational models can help us model complex biological systems and
reason and make predictions about them. Techniques and algorithms from
computer graphics—from modeling to physically based animation—make
this possible. This special issue is dedicated to the
multidisciplinary effort needed to build, verify, and understand
biological models.

Authors may assume a basic knowledge of biology, and the biology
problems addressed can range from biochemistry through computational
anatomy. Topics of interest include (but aren’t limited to)

* challenges in applying existing computer graphics techniques to
model biological data,
* development of new computer graphics techniques and models to
address a specific computational problem in biology,
* insights gained by applying a computational approach to a biological problem,
* predictions made possible using a computational model,
* best practices in moving from 3D images to computational models, and
* how to use computational models to quantify qualitative observations.


Questions?
Contact Guest Editors Cindy Grimm (cmg at wustl.edu) and Liz Marai
(marai at pitt.edu).

Submission Guidelines

Articles should be no more than 8,000 words, with each figure counting
as 200 words. Cite only the 12 most relevant references, and consider
providing technical background in sidebars for nonexpert readers.
Color images are preferable and should be limited to a total of 10.
You can find CG&A style and length guidelines at
www.computer.org/cga/author.html.

We also strongly encourage you to submit multimedia (videos, podcasts,
and so on) to enhance your article. For more information, visit CG&A
supplemental guidelines at www.computer.org/portal/web/
peerreviewmagazines/accga#supplemental. To view samples of multimedia
that we currently have, visit
www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow, and click on the multimedia
tab.

Please submit your article using the online manuscript submission
service at https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/cs-ieee. When uploading
your article, select the appropriate special-issue title under the
category “Manuscript Type.” Also include complete contact information
for all authors. If you have any questions about submitting your
article, contact the peer-review coordinator at cga-ma at computer.org.

-- Liz
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G. Elisabeta Marai
Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Pittsburgh
http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~marai