MICCAI 2026 Satellite Workshop

Thoracic
Image Analysis
Workshop

Advancing cardiac & pulmonary imaging through interdisciplinary collaboration — uniting researchers, clinicians, and industry worldwide.

Conference29th International Conference on
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention

Date1 October 2026

VenueStrasbourg Convention Center, France
Adenauer Room

29thEdition

27 Sept – 1 Oct 2026Dates

Strasbourg, FranceLocation

Convention CenterVenue

About the Workshop

A Collaborative Forum for Thoracic Imaging

Thoracic malignancies, respiratory diseases, and cardiovascular diseases are among the leading causes of death worldwide, all of which can be assessed using imaging techniques such as X-ray, CT, PET, and MRI.

We invite submissions covering all aspects of thoracic image analysis for cardiac and pulmonary applications — including image acquisition, reconstruction, segmentation, registration, quantification, visualisation, validation, population studies, biophysical modelling, computational anatomy, classical and AI-based approaches, pre-clinical imaging, and other emerging methods.

We strongly encourage submissions of both technically novel methods and translational/clinical applications, giving them equal weight. Well-powered, independent validation studies of AI methods are particularly welcome, even where technical novelty is limited. Live software demonstrations are also much appreciated.

With clinical and industrial involvement in organising and running the workshop, we steer research towards more applied, clinically relevant directions, bringing it closer to bedside implementation and real-world impact.

This workshop builds on and continues the long history of the highly successful Thoracic Image Analysis (TIA) and Pulmonary Image Analysis (PIA) workshops dating back to 2008.

Scope

Topics of Interest

Image acquisition & reconstruction

Segmentation & registration

Quantification & visualisation

AI-based disease assessment

Classical & deep learning approaches

Biophysical modelling

Computational anatomy

Population studies & validation

Lung cancer detection & staging

COPD & pulmonary fibrosis

Cardiovascular disease imaging

Functional CT (ventilation, photon-counting, dual-energy)

Hyperpolarized noble gas MRI

Oxygen-enhanced & cardiac MRI

Automated mucus plugging detection

Ventilation modelling

Biomechanical analysis

Pre-clinical imaging

Workshop Legacy

Building on a Successful History

This workshop builds on and continues the long history of highly successful Thoracic Image Analysis (TIA) and Pulmonary Image Analysis (PIA) workshops at MICCAI, maximising attendance and fostering deeper collaboration between challenge participants and workshop attendees.

www.lungworkshop.org ↗

TIA 2020 TIA 2018 PIA 2016 PIA 2013 PIA 2011 PIA 2010 PIA 2009 PIA 2008

Contact

For enquiries about the workshop, submissions, or general information:

a.szmul@ucl.ac.uk

Workshop history

www.lungworkshop.org ↗

Timeline

Important Dates

All deadlines are aligned with MICCAI 2026 guidelines. Camera-ready submissions are now due by 21 August 2026.

Submission

Paper Submission Deadline

15 July 2026

✓ Closed

Notification

Acceptance Notification

5 August 2026

Camera-Ready

Final Paper Due

21 August 2026

Workshop

Workshop Date

1 October 2026

All deadlines are 23:59 GMT.

Submit Your Work

Paper Submission

We invite submissions covering all aspects of thoracic image analysis. Papers must follow the MICCAI 2026 submission guidelines and be submitted via OpenReview.

We accept full papers (8 main pages + up to 2 pages of references) and short papers (4 pages including references)in Springer LNCS format. We encourage submissions of both technically novel methods and translational/clinical applications with equal weight.

Well-powered, independent validation studies of AI methods are particularly welcome, even where technical novelty is limited. Live software demonstrations are also much appreciated.

All accepted papers will be published in the MICCAI 2026 Satellite Events proceedings (Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

Prepare Manuscript

Follow MICCAI 2026 Springer LNCS formatting. Maximum 8 pages + references. Ensure double-blind anonymisation.

Anonymise Submission

All submissions are reviewed double-blind. Remove all author identifying information, institution names, and self-citations.

Submit via OpenReview

Upload your anonymised manuscript via the OpenReview portal before the deadline (23:59 GMT).

Camera-Ready

Accepted authors prepare the final version addressing reviewer comments and upload via OpenReview by 21 August 2026.

For Accepted Papers

Camera-Ready Guidelines

Please follow the steps below to prepare and upload your camera-ready paper by 21 August 2026 (23:59 GMT).

De-Anonymise Your Paper

List all authors in the same order as in OpenReview. Include a Disclosure of Interests section. You may also add an Acknowledgements section.

Prepare the License-to-Publish Form

Download the License-to-Publish 📝 form, have it filled in and signed by the corresponding author (do not modify any pre-filled information), and export it as a PDF named TIA_XX_LTP.pdf, where XX is your OpenReview paper ID.

Include Source Files

Microsoft Word — include the source file named TIA_XX_source.docx.
LaTeX — include a ZIP file named TIA_XX_source.zip containing your .tex manuscript files, all figure files (.ps/.eps/.jpg/.pdf/.png), your BibTeX file (.bib) if applicable, and any additional style files or fonts not available on CTAN. You may omit files not essential for compiling the final PDF.

Package Everything

Place all files into a single ZIP archive named TIA_XX.zip.

Submit via OpenReview

Upload TIA_XX.zip through the Revision option on your paper's OpenReview page:

Author Console ▸ Submission ▸ Edit ▸ Revision ▸ Upload

Poster presentations: Guidelines for poster presentations will be communicated separately. Please note that at least one author must register for physical, on-site participation in order to present the work in person.

Schedule

Workshop Program

Thursday 1 October 2026, 13:30 – 18:00 · Strasbourg Convention Center, France · Adenauer Room.

Keynote Speaker

Prof. Joseph M. Reinhardt, PhD

Roy J. Carver Chair in Biomedical Engineering Director, Reinhardt Biomedical Imaging Lab

University of Iowa — Departments of Biomedical Engineering & Radiology

Prof. Reinhardt is one of the founders of the Pulmonary Image Analysis (PIA) workshop — originally known as the Lung Workshop — which was later renamed Thoracic Image Analysis (TIA) to foster more inclusive collaboration across cardiac and pulmonary imaging communities. He has remained active in organising and running the workshop throughout its history and was instrumental in supporting its reinstatement this year.

He holds the Roy J. Carver Chair in Biomedical Engineering at the Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering. In addition to directing the Reinhardt Biomedical Imaging Lab, he is a member of the Iowa Institute for Biomedical Imaging and the Iowa Initiative for Artificial Intelligence.

He received his BS from Carnegie Mellon University, MS from Northeastern University, and PhD from Penn State University, all in Electrical Engineering. Before entering academia, he worked in industry as a radar systems engineer.

His research focuses on medical image processing with a special emphasis on pulmonary imaging, supported by the National Institutes of Health, National Science Foundation, the Roy J. Carver Charitable Trust, and the Whitaker Foundation.

Together with colleagues from the University of Iowa, Prof. Reinhardt co-founded VIDA Diagnostics, an Iowa-based medical imaging software company specialising in computer-aided diagnosis and image-guided interventions for lung disease.

Fellow, IEEE Fellow, AIMBE