IUS 2016 PICMUS CHALLENGE

The first challenge on Plane wave Imaging in Medical UltraSound (PICMUS) has taken place during the IEEE IUS last Wednesday during lunch time.
https://www.creatis.insa-lyon.fr/Challenge/IEEE_IUS_2016/

The session was the opportunity to recall the scope of the challenge, to give the opportunity to some participants to present their method and also to have a global discussion of the results and the challenge itself. The top 3 participants of each of the four categories received a certificate from the IEEE as well as some prices sponsored by Verasonics. 5 teams received a price.

Teodora Szasz – IRIT, France
Adrien Besson – EPFL, Switzerland
Dan Cohen and Meged Shoham – Technion Israel
Ali Deylami – Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Peter Kruizinga – Erasmus Medical Center, Netherlands

With around 30 participants and more than 160 attendees to the session the conference committee considers that this new feature of the conference was a success. It should be maintained in the future conferences.