Venue

I-WISH, 2012

Call For Papers

 

Patient Specific Modeling of the Cardiovascular-Respiratory system:

interdisciplinary approaches to theory and practice

At the International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Healthcare (IWISH 2012)

 

Chairs:

Jerry Batzel,  University of Graz

Nandu Goswami,  Medical University of Graz

Mette Olufsen, North  Carolina State University

 

Track Description

Cardiovascular-Respiratory  function is maintained through a complex interplay of control mechanisms, including key mechanisms influencing blood pressure and blood volume control and the control of blood gases via ventilation.  The track will seek to  provide an interdisciplinary perspective for  development of novel research hypotheses regarding cardiovascular-respiratory control mechanisms, current  approaches  to modeling such systems, and current issues in the  application of such models in the clinical setting to assess patient specific system status. Through a unified understanding of control mechanisms better understanding of the clinical consequences of compromised control can be developed leading to better diagnostic and treatment protocols. Important areas of clinical application can include, for example,  the problem of syncope in the elderly,  assessment and response to hypertension and hypotension during hemodialysis, problems related to understanding and assessing cerebral blood flow autoregulation, clinical problems related to blood volume support  during hemorrhage and many other problems which involve multiple control systems.

The Track will incorporate 3 sessions  providing  theoretical , practical, and experimental dimensions  to patient specific modeling. These sessions are:

· Patient specific Models (practical: model development, model design of key mechanisms  etc.)

· Patient specific modeling theory (theoretical: model validation techniques etc.)

· Physiology/data  experimentation and clinical problems (experimental: problems in experimental design and data measurements, development of tools for patient assessment etc .)

 

Key Dates

Submissions of Extended Abstracts:                                             May 15, 2012

Notification of acceptance:                                                             June 15, 2012

Final Camera-Ready Submission:                                                 July 15, 2012

Early Registration:                                                                         July 1, 2012

 

Authors' Guidelines (further information author’s instruction section)

FIRST SUBMISSION

Extended abstracts (minimum 2 pages), full draft papers or other proposals should be submitted for the review process through the submission section by May 15, 2012

The extended abstract or the full draft paper must contain title, authors, affiliations, addresses, main body and references.

Each extended abstract or full draft paper will be reviewed by at least two members of the International Program Committee taking into consideration scientific quality, originality and relevance. Only original papers, written in English will be accepted.

The extended abstract or the full draft paper should be prepared by following the final paper formatting. However any type of paper formatting can be accepted for the first submission.

 

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE

Notification of acceptance will be sent by June 15, 2012.

 

CAMERA READY PAPER SUBMISSION

The International Program Committee will accept two types of camera ready papers: extended paper (10 pages, 2 columns); regular paper (6 pages, 2 columns) both for regular and special sessions.

The camera ready paper must adhere to the conference template. The .dot file contains the complete instructions for preparing a camera ready copy for the Proceedings. The final version of the paper must be a PDF file.

Your camera ready paper (extended paper or regular paper) in PDF format must be submitted by using the submission section before the July 15, 2012

The page limit for manuscripts is ten (10) pages (included  in the author registration fee).Additional pages will require an additional fee.

If your work must be cleared or approved before publication by  your institution, company, or governmental agency, please be sure that  process will be completed by the due date above or we will not be able to include it in the CD Conference Proceedings.

The International Workshop on Innovative Simulation for Healthcare

September 19-21, 2012

Courtyard by Marriott Wien Messe

Vienna, Austria