Medical image computing is the key technology for modern image-based diagnostics and surgical support. The German-speaking community have been meeting at the BVM conference (German conference on Medical Image Computing, Bildverarbeitung für die Medizin) since 1993.
The aim of the conference is to present current research results and to deepen discussions between representatives of the medical, computer and technical sciences, industry and clinical application. The conference is also explicitly aimed at young scientists who wish to report on their Bachelor‘s or Master‘s projects. Contributions from European colleagues are also welcome. Although English and German are equal congress languages, English has largely prevailed in the lectures and poster presentations.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning play a particularly important role. Nevertheless, the topics of the conference cover all areas of medical image processing, in particular algorithms, hardware and software systems and their clinical application: