Welcome to CARS 2027 in Berlin

For more than 40 years, the CARS Congress is the annual event for a distinguished international community of scientists, engineers and physicians to present and discuss the key innovations that shape modern medicine on a worldwide basis.

Founded in 1983, CARS has played a leading role in medical and imaging informatics by focusing on research and development on novel algorithms, models and systems and their applications in radiology and surgery. Its growth and impact is due to CARS’s close collaboration with the IFCARS, ISCAS, CAR, CAD-AI, CMI and IPCAI organizations.

Recent successful CARS congresses have taken place in Nagoya, Berlin, Barcelona, Paris, San Francisco, London, Chicago, Osaka, Geneva, Pisa, Fukuoka, Heidelberg, Rennes, Munich and Tokyo.

The overall theme for CARS 2027 in Berlin is directed towards AI in the Digital Operating Room, Model Guided Medicine and AI based decision making in Radiology and Surgery.

At the CARS congress you will have the opportunity to meet scholars and practising experts in the fields of radiology, surgery, clinical medicine, engineering, informatics and healthcare management who have an interest in topics, such as

• Advanced Medical Imaging and Biomarkers
• Image- and model-guided interventions
• Image processing and visualization
• Artificial/machine intelligence in radiology and surgery
• Computer aided diagnosis
• Intelligent operating room of the future
• Decision and action support in surgical management
• Patient-specific modelling
• Medical simulation and evaluation
• Surgical Robotics and Instrumentation
• Model-guided and personalised medicine
• Multidisciplinary computational anatomy
• Integrated patient care
• hospital of the future

New IT-systems adapted to clinical environments, such as the operating room, but in particular, new methods and IT-tools for modelling the patient and medical processes as well as artificial/machine intelligence systems are increasingly shaping the scope of CARS. Clinical specialties represented at CARS include:

• Imaging and interventional radiology
• Computer assisted radiation therapy
• Pathology informatics
• Computer assisted orthopaedic and spinal surgery
• Computer assisted head and neck, and ENT surgery
• Image guided neurosurgery
• Minimally invasive cardiovascular and thoracoabdominal surgery
• Computed maxillofacial imaging and interventions
• Minimally invasive and robotic surgery
• Hospital of the future

In close cooperation with institutions presenting clinical results of novel IT methods and tools in the International Journal of CARS, special emphasis will be given in the CARS traditional Clinical Day to innovative clinical investigations that show significant advances in clinical workflows and patient outcomes.

Please note that the deadline for paper and abstract submissions for CARS 2027 in Berlin is January 10, 2027. In addition to the abstract/paper submission, you are invited to submit short and informal proposals on tutorials, workshops and other special events which potentially can enhance the mission of CARS which is innovation, interdisciplinarity and internationality.

We would be delighted to welcome you at CARS 2027, which will take place in Berlin being one of the leading cultural cities of Germany.

Dirk F. Wilhelm, MD
CARS 2027 President

Heinz U. Lemke, PhD
CARS Organizer

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