The 6th International Conference on Image Formation in X-Ray Computed Tomography was planned to take place in Regensburg, Germany. Due to the travel restrictions imposed by the coronavirus we decided for an online meeting taking place between August 3 and August 7, 2020.

Since August 2018 there is a team organising the conference in the background:

Sponsors

Schedule

Conference Schedule

General Schedule

Scientific Committee

Scientific Program

• Oral Session (Tu, We, Th, Fr)
• Poster Session A (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session B (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session C (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session D (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session E (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session F (Tu, We, Th)
• Poster Session G (Tu, We, Th)
• Test Run (Mo)

The guidelines for participants, authors and chairs, the program and the proceedings can be downloaded here:

• Download guidelines (pdf-file, 1 MB)
• Download program (pdf-file, 3 MB)
• Download proceedings (pdf-file, 256 MB)

Information for Authors

Abstract Timeline

Abstract Format

Please prepare your abstract using the IEEE Templates for Transaction (February 2017) considering the following guidelines:

Instructions and templates are provided by the IEEE using the following links:

• Instructions PDF
• Word template
• LaTeX transactions style file
• Bibliography file

If possible, please avoid page numbers showing up in your manuscript.

Abstract Submission

The extended deadline for abstracts is 19 January 2020. Please consider the above format settings for final abstract submission! The 4-page PDF-file should be submitted as an e-mail attachment to abstracts@ct-meeting2022.org. Please state the first author and the title in the subject line and provide the filename of the PDF in the e-mail body.

Oral Presentations

There is a time slot of 20 minutes for each presenter, with about 15 minutes of presentation and about 5 minutes for questions and answers. Prepare your slides using PowerPoint 2007/2010/2016 (*.ppt or *.pptx). We will have the 2016 PowerPoint version available in the meeting rooms. In case you plan to show videos make sure they are running under PowerPoint 2016.
The regular way to present at our meeting is that the presenters share their PowerPoint presentation through the online conferencing tool, which means that the PowerPoint software would run on their own computer and the presentation is through their microphone and video camera. To have a fall back solution in the case of a bad internet, video or audio connection oral presenters are requested to additionally submit their contribution as a PowerPoint voice recording (support.office.com) or as an mp4 video file. Such a video file can be generated by saving the narrated PowerPoint as mp4. A more appealing way, with the advantage of also including a video of you presenting, is to start a private Zoom session (with yourself being the only participant), to share your own screen or PowerPoint window, to press Zoom’s record button and to record the presentation. Immediately after the presentation press the stop record button. Then end the Zoom meeting. Zoom will then save the recorded part of your session as an mp4 file. Please use PowerPoint’s laser pointer when recording. This pointer will then be recorded together with your voice. We accept narrated talks only if they are between 14 and 17 minutes long. Otherwise we will ask you to rerecord your talk. We will playback the recording on one of our computers if a speaker a) does not dial in for the online meeting or b) if his/her internet connection turns out to be insufficient or c) if he/she asks us to do so.
As usual, each talk will be followed by a questions and answers period, which will be moderated by the session chairs. About 5 minutes before your session starts please enter the virtual CT meeting and raise your hand. The chairs will then unmute your microphone and you can introduce yourself to the chairs, just like you would do it in a physical meeting.
Important: Please practice with a friend or colleague of how screen sharing works. You can do this during a private Zoom meeting that you organize yourself. A frequently occurring error is the following: Presenters share their PowerPoint window, as it is intended. Then they go to PowerPoint’s presentation mode, which is also intended. Then, however, the audience does not see the presenting window but the editing window. This may happen when the presenter has configured his PC for two screens.

Poster Presentations

Poster presenters are being asked to submit a single teaser slide in 16:9 PowerPoint format, as usual. In contrast to the typical onsite CT Meeting this slide needs to have a voice recording (support.office.com). Playing back the slide and its recording must be limited to a 30 s time slot. The aim of this teaser slide is to make the audience curious about the poster. So do not give away too many details! To prepare the poster fast forward we ask you to submit a single (!) slide (PowerPoint 2007 and newer) with voice recording by e-mail no later than July 26 to info@ct-meeting2022.org. Please also include your abstract ID in this e-mail. Do not submit mp4-files.
At the beginning of each poster session we will playback all teaser slides of the posters to be presented, i.e. about 35 per poster session. This will take approximately 20 minutes. We will then split the session into seven parallel subsessions, i.e. different virtual rooms. The poster presenters will be assigned to one of the subsessions, i.e. approximately five posters per room. The audience can enter and leave any subsession, as they like. Each subsession will be moderated by session chairs. In those subsessions the poster presenters are supposed to have a PowerPoint presentation available explaining their work. Whenever a questioner wants to know about their work the poster presenters will share their presentation using the conferencing tool’s sharing option and give a brief overview (not more than 5 minutes). After that overview the audience can ask questions to find out more details about the poster. If you mistrust your internet connection you may additionally submit a recorded PowerPoint presentation. To do so follow the instructions for the oral presenters, but limit your presentation to 5 minutes.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Due to the worldwide spread of the coronavirus we have decided not to hold an onsite CT Meeting but rather to have a virtual CT Meeting from August 3 to August 7, 2020. The meeting’s time zone is Central European Summer Time (CEST).

Presentations can be viewed live online and, in addition, as a video recording as well. The latter may be important if the scheduled time of the presentation is inconvenient for you, in particular if you are in a different time zone. Only registered participants are admitted to the online meeting and to the download sections of the meeting website.

Oral presenters are being asked to submit their contribution as a PowerPoint recording. We will use this recorded version of the talk if the speaker a) does not show up for the virtual meeting or b) if his/her internet connection turns out to be insufficient or c) if he/she asks us to do so. The regular way to present is that the presenters share their PowerPoint presentation running on their own computer, and present through their microphone and video camera. As usual, each talk will be followed by a questions and answers period, which will be moderated by the session chairs. Time slots are 20 minutes, which is about 15 minutes for the presentation and about 5 minutes for questions and answers.

Poster presenters are being asked to submit a single teaser slide in PowerPoint format, as usual. In contrast to the typical onsite CT Meeting this slide needs to have a voice recording. Playing back the slide and its recording must be limited to a 30 s time slot. The aim of this teaser slide is to make the audience curious about the poster. So do not give away too many details! At the beginning of each poster session we will playback all teaser slides of the posters to be presented, i.e. about 35 per poster session. We will then split the session into about five parallel subsessions. The poster presenters will be assigned to one of the sessions. The audience can enter and leave any subsession, as they like. Each subsession will be moderated by a session chair. The poster presenters are supposed to have a PowerPoint presentation available explaining their work whenever a questioner asks to do so.

Monday, August 3, will be reserved for test runs. We will have a couple of parallel sessions, chaired by us organizers, where the participants (audience, oral presenters, poster presenters, session chairs) may freely enter and leave and they may ask questions regarding the conferencing tools. Presenters may use those sessions to practice the tools regarding the presentations and will have the chance to present one or two short slides. Chairs may use those sessions to practice chairing a session, i.e. muting and unmuting participants and presenters. To do so we can temporarily make them a co-chair of the test session. The audience can use the test session to see how to raise (and lower) their hand and how to ask questions.

To make the meeting as friendly and informal as possible for a virtual meeting it would be nice if you did consider activating your video camera. Then the other participants can see you. Please avoid bright illumination from behind you.

We look forward you joining us for this great new experience!

Instructions and tips for PowerPoint recording is available at:
www.support.office.com
General information on COVID-19 can be found at the official WHO site:
www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019
Information on the current risk in Germany is provided by the Robert-Koch-Institut:
www.rki.de/EN/Home/homepage_node.html

Letter of Invitation

Dear colleagues,

the “International Conference on Image Formation in X-ray Computed Tomography”, widely known as “The CT Meeting”, is dedicated to basic problems related to X-ray CT. It is a friendly, informal, workshop-style meeting where most experts in this field come together. The participants, far more than hundred scientists, researchers and students, have the unique chance to present, discuss and understand the latest techniques of CT design, acquisition technology, image reconstruction, artifact reduction, dose reduction, …
We welcome submissions on all topics that are related to image formation in CT. Ideal submissions will clearly demonstrate the impact of the investigated technology on the CT image. Evaluations with computer simulations and real data are both acceptable. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Breast imaging
• Contrast agent and X-ray dose reduction
• Deep learning for CT image formation
• Dose assessment
• Dual and multi-energy imaging
• Dynamic and perfusion imaging
• Geometric and spectral calibration
• Image quality and dose assessment
• Image reconstruction
• Industrial CT
• Medical imaging
• Motion compensation
• New data acquisition geometries
• Non-destructive testing
• Novel CT technologies
• Phase-contrast imaging
• Photon counting CT
• Scatter and beam-hardening reduction
• Security applications
• Small animal imaging
• …

Technological advancements in CT often overstretch the skills of medical staff and are therefore often orphaned or abused in the routine setting. The plenary lecture “Intelligent Clinical CT” by Matthias May, University Hospital Erlangen, will demonstrate conflicts and solutions to provide the best personalized and standardized composition of examination parameters in modern CT.

Three short courses will complement the CT meeting and introduce relevant basics on deep learning, photon counting CT, and image quality assessment. These 40 minutes lectures will be presented by Yuxiang Xing (Tsinghua University Beijing), by Thomas Flohr (Siemens Healthineers) and by Frédéric Noo (University of Utah), respectively.

The CT Meeting 2020 is the sixth in a successful series of biennial meetings. We are happy to welcome you in August 2020.