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One event, two conferences - merged together!
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Next March 21st and 22nd surgeons and engineers will meet in Genoa to exchange experiences, ideas and discuss the future of surgical technologies. For the first time, the National Congress of the Italian Polispecialistic Society of Young Surgeons (SPIGC) will be completely merged with the Joint Workshop on Computer/Robot Assisted Surgery (CRAS) in a large event dedicated to ENCOURAGE YOUNG SURGEONS AND ENGINEERS.

CRAS+SPIGC 2019 will be a UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY for multi-cultural interactions, for identifying surgical needs and potential engineering solutions, and for the establishment of new multi-disciplinary collaborations. In addition, all research teams working on novel surgical technologies will have the opportunity to demonstrate their prototypes during the conference and enter the New Surgical Technologies Competition.

The solicited contributions include:

* Extended abstract (required)
* Novel surgical technology demonstration (optional)


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Topics of Submission
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Extended abstracts (2 pages) discussing new technologies for computer/robot assisted surgery are solicited. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Machine learning and cognitive surgical robotics
- Registration, segmentation, modelling and data mining
- Synergies and clustering
- Motion compensation and active guidance
- Human-robot collaboration and shared control
- Workflow analysis and episode segmentation
- Surgical skill assessment
- Usability and user-acceptance
- Robotics in medical diagnosis
- Robotic systems in orthopaedics
- Rehabilitation and assistive technologies
- Surgical training
- Tactile and haptic feedback
- Novel robotic hardware and sensors
- Variable stiffness robotic systems
- Novel interfaces
- Standardization and regulation
- System integration
- Safety and dependability
- Robotics in Radiology
- Visionary works and roadmaps


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General Guidelines for Abstracts
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* Abstract template available at the conference website: www.cras-eu.org
* Length of Abstract: Maximum of 2 pages, with figures
* Paper size: A4 Size (210 mm x 297 mm). Leave a 25mm margin at top and bottom of the page, and a 20mm margin at left and right sides
* Font properties and size: Title: 14 pt, bold; Authors: 14 pt, normal; Institute + E-mail address: 12 pt, italics; Section headings: 10 pt, Capitals, bold; Text: 10 pt, normal; Figure captions and references: 9pt, normal.