CARS 2009 - Berlin

The CARS congress with its associated journal, the International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, is a facilitator of innovation and an important contributor to modern medicine on a worldwide basis. CARS has its focus on research and development for computer assisted systems and their applications in radiology and surgery.

The main themes emphasized in the CARS program are established by an interdisciplinary and international group of experts from health care institutions, academia and industry, who are world-renowned for their work on innovative methods and technologies in medicine. These are members from the ISCAS, EuroPACS, CAR, CAD, CMI and CURAC societies, who are active in the various committees of CARS, and in particular, who have successfully presented novel approaches at CARS congresses.

The CARS Congress Organizing Committee invites you to be part of this extraordinary scientific/medical community which gives medicine a new meaning. Join us in Berlin in June 2009, if you work in the fields of radiology, surgery, engineering, informatics and/or healthcare management, and have an interest in topics such as image guided interventions, medical imaging, molecular imaging, image processing and display, computer aided diagnosis, surgical simulation, surgical navigation and robotics, as well as new PACS applications, including infrastructures adapted for surgery. Clinical specialties represented at CARS include:

• Image Guided Tumor Ablation Therapies
• Cardiovascular Imaging
• Computed Maxillofacial Imaging
• Computer Assisted Radiation Therapy
• Computer Assisted Orthopaedic and Spinal Surgery
• Computer Assisted Head and Neck, and ENT Surgery
• Image Guided Neurosurgery
• Minimally Invasive Cardiovascular and Thoracoabdominal Surgery