22nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING 22nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING & COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVENTION & COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVENTION OCTOBER 13-17, 2019, INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SHENZHEN, SHENZHEN, CHINA OCTOBER 13-17, 2019, INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SHENZHEN, SHENZHEN, CHINA TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome From President, MICCAI Society ............................................................................. 1 Welcome From General Chairs of MICCAI 2019 ................................................................... 2 MICCAI Board .................................................................................................................................... 4 Host Organizations ......................................................................................................................... 7 Program Overview .......................................................................................................................... 9 General Information .....................................................................................................................10 MICCAI Code of Conduct ............................................................................................................14 InterContinental Hotel Shenzhen - Floor Plan ....................................................................15 Venue at a Glance ..........................................................................................................................17 Exhibition Floor Plan ....................................................................................................................18 Sponsors ...........................................................................................................................................19 Special & Social Events ................................................................................................................25 Gala Dinner ......................................................................................................................................28 Keynote: Prof. Xiaoliang Sunney Xie .......................................................................................34 Keynote: Prof. Qiyong Gong ......................................................................................................35 Keynote: Dr. Catherine Mohr .....................................................................................................36 Industry Forum Keynote: Prof. Shiyuan Liu ..........................................................................37 Conference Program ....................................................................................................................44 Poster Sessions ...............................................................................................................................47 MICCAI Challenges ........................................................................................................................93 October 13 Satellite Events ........................................................................................................95 October 17 Satellite Events ..................................................................................................... 159 22nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING 22nd INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MEDICAL IMAGE COMPUTING & COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVENTION & COMPUTER ASSISTED INTERVENTION OCTOBER 13-17, 2019, INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SHENZHEN, SHENZHEN, CHINA OCTOBER 13-17, 2019, INTERCONTINENTAL HOTEL SHENZHEN, SHENZHEN, CHINA WELCOME FROM PRESIDENT, MICCAI SOCIETY WELCOME FROM GENERAL CHAIRS OF MICCAI 2019 Dear MICCAI 2019 participants, Dear All, On behalf of the MICCAI Society Board, I extend to you a very warm Welcome to MICCAI 2019. It is our privilege and great honor to host welcome to MICCAI 2019, the 22nd International Conference on Medical the MICCAI 2019 conference in Shenzhen, China. We are grateful to the Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, which takes MICCAI board for their support and approval of moving the conference place from October 13th to 17th, 2019 in Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen is a venue from Hong Kong (originally proposed) to Shenzhen due to limited beautiful, modern city known as the Silicon Valley of Asia, which makes it space in the original Hong Kong venue that was unable to accommodate an outstanding venue for MICCAI 2019. the significant increase in MICCAI attendance since 2017. We hope you enjoy your stay in Shenzhen during the conference. This edition promises to be the largest and most attended conference in the history of MICCAI. Indeed, both our Conference and our Society have We are very grateful to all those who contributed to this conference in- experienced a continuous growth since their inceptions in 1998 and cluding authors, reviewers, area chairs, delegates, organization team 2004, respectively. An important part of this growth is mostly due to the members, keynote speakers, volunteers, sponsors, and the entire MICCAI outstanding work of various groups within the MICCAI Society including community. We would like to share with you some notable aspects of this Leo Joskowicz the Women in MICCAI group and the MICCAI Student board. year’s MICCAI conference including: 1) a 63% increase of paper submis- Dinggang Shen MICCAI Society President sions compared to last year; 2) many high quality papers with a low ac- MICCAI 2019 General Chair I believe this is a unique and exciting time to be in the fields of ceptance rate of 31%; 3) a significantly increased number of delegates UNC Chapel Hill Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. With recent developments in medical (1763 by Sept 26, 2019); 4) generous cooperate sponsorship ($346,000 by imaging, medical robotics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, there is a growing interest in the Sept 26, 2019) that enabled low registration fees; 5) increased diversity research we do, its applications to address clinical problems, and the exchange of ideas, information, of participants, including those from underrepresented locations and and knowledge. This has been reflected in all aspects of the conference: the international diversity and populations; and 6) a large number of graduate and undergraduate stu- number of attendees, the record number of submitted papers, the breath and depth of the satellite dent travel awards, thanks to partial support from the MICCAI society, events, the extended industrial support and industry participation, the Women in MICCAI lunch, and the NIH, and NSF. MICCAI Special Interest Groups. I invite all to attend the many events that have been scheduled during this conference! Our program executive team led by Terry Peters selected and grouped 539 accepted papers into 7 oral sessions and 9 poster sessions during The MICCAI Society is committed to fostering and nurturing this growth and interest, and to providing a the three days of main conference, based on thematic topics, as will be safe, professional, and intellectually stimulating forum for the presentation and exchange of ideas. I trust seen in the programme booklet. In addition to traditional oral sessions, that you will enjoy and appreciate this meeting and return home enriched with unique experiences. we have assembled 6 industry papers into a special oral session #2, which is scheduled immediately after the industry forum during the afternoon I would like to thank all the people that have contributed to making MICCAI 2019 a reality: the authors of Oct 14, to facilitate possible synergy between the industry forum and for preparing, submitting and sharing with us their scientific work; the reviewers for their dedicated work, the industry oral session. To provide opportunities for talented gradu- the program and satellite event committees for selecting the papers and putting together an outstanding ate students across the globe to present their thesis research, we have Tianming Liu program, and the industrial sponsors for supporting the meeting. I would also like to acknowledge and invited the first authors of 6 papers to present their work in a special oral MICCAI 2019 General Chair thank the numerous members of the MICCAI Society and the local organization team, too numerous to list session #5 (Doctoral Symposium) on Oct 15 afternoon. These students The University of Georgia here, for making MICCAI 2019 a reality. Lastly and most importantly, I would like to take this opportunity to received travel support from NSF, NIH and the MICCAI society. This year, thank and compliment the MICCAI 2019 organization committee for what promises to be a very successful the time period for each oral presentation has been shortened to 8 min- and memorable MICCAI conference. utes, allowing a substantial portion of podium time during the main conference to be scheduled for two special events: 1) an Industry forum on the afternoon of Oct 14 and 2) a special MICCAI Challenge To all attendees, enjoy the conference! presentation on the afternoon of Oct 16. We hope the industry forum will contribute to closer interaction and collaboration between academia and industry, and the MICCAI challenges will bring more attention On behalf of the MICCAI Society Board. to better practice and novel solutions to challenging tasks. Before the oral and poster sessions each day, three esteemed keynote speakers will give insightful and cutting-edge coverages of topics in optical im- aging, neuroimaging, and medical