17th International Workshop on Breast Imaging

The 17th International Workshop on Breast Imaging (IWBI‐2024) was held June 9 – 12, 2024 in Chicago, IL, USA, hosted by the University of Chicago.

The IWBI‐2024 is designed as a platform to present the latest technological and machine intelligence developments and clinical experiences of novel breast imaging technologies, including digital mammography, tomosynthesis, CT, MR, ultrasound, optical, and molecular imaging. The International Workshop on Breast Imaging (formerly the International Workshop on Digital Mammography) brings together a diverse group of researchers, clinicians, and representatives of industry, who are jointly committed to developing technology for the early detection and subsequent patient management of breast cancer. The workshops are designed to help advance the fields of breast cancer and medical imaging through the sharing of scientific discoveries, best clinical practices, and industrial innovations.

The conference series was initiated at a 1993 meeting of the SPIE in San Jose, with subsequent meetings hosted every two years by researchers around the world. Subsequent meetings have been held in York (1994), Chicago (1996), Nijmegen (1998), Toronto (2000), Bremen (2002), Durham (2004), Manchester (2006), Tucson (2008), Girona (2010), Philadelphia (2012), Gifu (2014), Malmö (2016), Atlanta (2018), Leuven-remote (2020), and Leuven (2022).

The workshop ran from 1:00 pm (Central time) on Sunday, June 9th through 12:00pm on Wednesday, June 12, 2024, held at the Rubenstein Forum on the University of Chicago campus.  For participants, there were keynote presentations, invited talks from members of the scientific committee, proffered talks and posters, vendor exhibits, and engaged time for discussion and networking.  As typical for the IWBI, a Sunday reception was held to welcome all to Chicago, and the usual IWBI Gala dinner occurred on Tuesday evening.