SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, has announced that it will launch the Journal of Medical Imaging (JMI) in early 2014. The journal will cover fundamental and translational research and applications focused on photonics in medical imaging. Dr. Maryellen Giger, A.N. Pritzker Professor of Radiology/Medical Physics at the University of Chicago, has been appointed editor-in-chief of the journal.
The scope of JMI initially will mirror that of the annual SPIE Medical Imaging symposium. Topics will include imaging physics, tomographic reconstruction algorithms (such as those in CT and MRI), image processing, computer-aided diagnosis, visualization and modeling, image perception and observer performance, technology assessment, ultrasonic imaging, image-guided procedures and digital pathology.
JMI will be published in print quarterly and online in the SPIE Digital Library as each peer-reviewed article is approved for publication, with the online version freely available to all readers in the first year. Since it is open to submissions internationally, JMI will also serve to strengthen connections and facilitate collaboration among researchers in academia, medical institutions, industry, and government labs throughout the larger imaging community.
Authors are invited to submit articles beginning October 1, with publication to begin in early 2014.
