The congress program will consist of invited keynote lectures and presentations selected from submitted abstracts.  Coverage will range from basic translational research and multidisciplinary clinical practice and surgery to healthcare policy and neuroeconomics. The congress will also include:

Scientific exhibits & posters on the listed topics

Special focus sessions with a focus on:

• Neuroeconomics
• Nanotechnology
  
• Image guided drug delivery
• Biophotonics
• Stem cell therapy and imaging
• ORs and hospitals of the future

Topics include:

IBMISPS annual meeting organizers encourage cross-disciplinary topics such as:

• General issues
• Operational issues
• Image guided systems
• Vascular & Blood flow imaging
• ISP & Image guided surgery (OR of the future)
• BM and ISP in Stereotactic Radiosurgery (proton Therapy, Novalis, Tomo-therapy, Varian system, Xknife, gamma knife and cyberknife technologies will be compared and contrasted)
• Molecular and cellular imaging including: the use of nano-particles for stem cell and T-cell imaging.
• Anatomy
• Nanoscience, genomics, computational informatics genetics in brain mapping
• 4D, Neuro-mathematics and bio-informatics
• Neurophysiology (EEG, MEG,…)
• Functional brain mapping (fMRI, PET…)
• Brain Mapping and Intra-operative Surgical Planning using Endoscopy
• Biophotonics
• Neural Prosthesis & Robotics (Human Brain machine Interface technology)
• Multi-modality imaging and ultrasound
• Perfusion imaging, micromagnetic resonance imaging
• Magnetic resonance Spectroscopic Imaging
• High-field and low-field magnetic resonance
• Ethical issues related to the brain mapping and intra-operative surgical planning, Magneto encephalographic
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
• Diffusion Tensor Imaging
• SPECT functional Brain Mapping and histopathology in brain mapping
• Healthcare Policy, Ethics and Regulatory affairs
• Psychiatry (PTSD,…)
• Imaging modalities for detecting mild/mod TBI, micro-TBI
• Brain mapping/functional imaging for rehab medicine and PTSD
• Minimally invasive therapy for TBI
• Multimodality imaging for TBI and PTSD (DTI technology,…)
• Rehabilitation Medicine (neural repair and regeneration for TBI,…Patients)
• Brain mapping and image guided therapy in cardiology, pulmonary and internal medicine
• Image guided therapy/surgery in the operating room and hospitals of the future
• Healthcare policy
• FDA regulations for new devices and drugs
• Bioethics and neuroeconomics
• Biomedical, chemical and materials engineering
• Neuroscience
• Bioinformatics and grid technology
• Physiology
• Health IT

Student funding opportunities

The congress committee are keen to encourage student participation and a number of awards are available for students to assist with their attendance at the congress.  These include:

• Student travel awards
• Resident travel award
• University Student Chapters mentorship programs

Further details and information on how to apply will be added to this website shortly.