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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">📢</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">Announcement
of the #AIIB2023 #Challenge!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">🚀🌈</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">🔥</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">The AIIB2023 Challenge organised by #ImperialCollegeLondon and supported by #OSIC and #RoyalBromptonHospital is a part of #MICCAI2023, which will be held from October 8th to 12th 2023 in #Vancouver
Convention Centre #Canada.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">🍁</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">Fibrotic lung disease is a progressive lung condition with no known cure, ultimately leading to death. That's why our challenge aims to revolutionize lung fibrosis analysis and prognosis. More importantly,
we know that #imaging #biomarkers are vital in fibrotic lung disease. They help #diagnose and #monitor the progression of these chronic conditions by visualising and quantifying the extent of fibrosis using advanced techniques like #CT. These biomarkers enable
accurate diagnosis, guide #treatment decisions, and predict #prognosis, ultimately improving patient outcomes and enabling personalised care.</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">As the world's first challenge focusing on fibrotic lung disease airway segmentation and prognosis using such imaging biomarkers, we've obtained CT data from 262 patients with fibrotic lung disease
(237 with mortality labels), collected from the largest fibrotic lung disease database, #OSIC. Each scan comes with meticulously annotated airway structures, providing a valuable resource for participants.</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">🏆</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">The top winners will
receive prizes worth over $4000 USD and gain recognition from the scientific community. Additionally, we'll invite the top 3 winners to Vancouver for oral presentations, giving them the opportunity to showcase their exceptional work.</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">👉</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">To participate, please
visit our #website:</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">This year, we are tackling two exciting #tasks of #airway #segmentation and #mortality #prediction in #lungfibrosis #patients. Choose your task, dive into the data, and show us your skills! We look
forward to seeing your submissions!<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">🖥</span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">Let's
revolutionize #lung #fibrosis #analysis together.<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family:"Apple Color Emoji";color:#1D1D1D">✊</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#1D1D1D">#AIIB2023 #MedicalResearch #LungFibrosis #work #opportunity #community #data #database</span><span style="color:#1D1D1D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">Dr Guang Yang (Ph.D., M.Sc., B.Eng., Senior Member.IEEE, Life Member.SPIE, Member.BMVA, Member.ISMRM, Member.MICCAI)</span><b><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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Email:// </span><a href="mailto:g.yang@imperial.ac.uk" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">g.yang@imperial.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#222222">PI of Workstreams for CHAIMELEON (H2020 funded) and DRAGON (IMI funded) Projects.<br>
Senior MRI Processing Physicist, Cardiovascular Research Centre, Royal Brompton Hospital.<br>
Honorary Senior Lecturer, School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences, King's College London.<br>
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Editorial Board Member or Associate Editor of<br>
IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence (2021 IF: 4.851);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:6.5pt;font-family:"Corbel",sans-serif;color:#222222">International Journal of Imaging Systems and Technology (2021 IF: 2.177);<br>
BMC Medical Imaging (2020-2023, retired now, 2021 IF: 2.795);<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics (2021 IF: 7.422);<br>
IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (2021 IF: 11.037);<br>
Computers in Biology and Medicine (2021 IF: 6.698);<br>
IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2021 IF: 19.118);<br>
IEEE Transactions on Big Data (2021 IF: 4.271);<br>
IET Image Processing (2021 IF: 2.373);<br>
Neurocomputing (2021 IF: 5.779).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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