Modeling Techniques for Medical Applications This course demonstrated the state of the art in interactive and real-time modeling in educational and clinical medical applications where graphical representations of organ anatomy and physiology are necessary. Applications included modeling the shape and motion of the heart; brain data registration for surgery; abdominal, laparoscopic, and liver surgery; modeling of breasts and soft tissue; registration methods for prostate cancer; blood flow simulation; modeling of joints, skin, and muscles for animation; organ visualization and segmentation methods; and haptic interfaces.   Organizer Dimitris Metaxas University of Pennsylvania   Lecturers Nicholas Ayache INRIA   James S. Duncan Yale University   Sarah F.F. Gibson Mitsubishi Electric Research Lab   Eric Grimson Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard University   Ron Kikinis Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School   Nadia Magnenat Thalmann University of Geneva   Dimitris N. Metaxas University of Pennsylvania