The 4th International Workshop on Medical Imaging and Augmented Reality, MIAR 2008, was held at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan during August 1 2, 2008. The goal of MIAR 2008 was to bring together researchersin medical imaging and intervention to present state-of-the-art developments in this ever-growing research area. Rapid technical advances in medical imaging, including its gr- ing application in drug/gene therapy and invasive/interventional procedures, have attracted signi?cant interest in the close integration of research in the life sciences, medicine, physical sciences, and...

The ?fth international Conference in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2002) was held in Tokyo from September 25th to 28th, 2002. This was the ?rst time that the conference was held in Asia since its foundation in 1998. The objective of the conference is to o?er clinicians and scientists the opportunity to collaboratively create and explore the new medical ?eld. Speci?cally, MICCAI o?ers a forum for the discussion of the state ofartincomputer-assistedinterventions, medicalrobotics, andimageprocessing among experts from multi-disciplinary professions, including...

The ?fth international Conference in Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI 2002) was held in Tokyo from September 25th to 28th, 2002. This was the ?rst time that the conference was held in Asia since its foundation in 1998. The objective of the conference is to o?er clinicians and scientists the opportunity to collaboratively create and explore the new medical ?eld. Speci?cally, MICCAI o?ers a forum for the discussion of the state ofartincomputer-assistedinterventions, medicalrobotics, andimageprocessing among experts from multi-disciplinary professions, including...