MICCAI has encountered tremendous growth over the last years regarding the size of the community, and the
success and number of methods. Despite this growth, MICCAI ideas rarely find their way to the clinics. The
cycle of the ideas and methods often ends with the publication at the conference, as also discussed at the
RSNA-MICCAI panel at MICCAI 2020. To not lose sight of the ultimate goal, which is the improvement of
healthcare, we think it is worthwhile discussing how to bridge this gap to the clinics as a community. To
this
end, we organize the third edition of the MICCAI Hackathon in a two-stage format consisting of a
virtual hackathon weekend on September 3/4, 2022, and a social event with keynotes
on September 18, 2022 at the satellite events of the MICCAI 2022 conference.
The aim of the MICCAI Hackathon is to raise awareness to the translational challenges in the
MICCAI
community. The event should be seen as discussion-driven rather than solution-driven; let's discuss how we
could approach these challenges. Therefore, the outcome of the hackathon is difficult to estimate. Ideally,
the MICCAI Hackathon raises the
awareness that we, as a community, should collaborate and listen to the medical stakeholders. Yet, it is
expected that some contributions are at the level of a usable draft (e.g., a document, guidelines, a piece
of software). The contributions are free to use (open source) and participants might
decide to follow up on their ideas. From the personal perspective of participants, a likely outcome is that
they get to
know new people, can network, and future collaborations could be formed.
The MICCAI Hackathon adheres to the typical format of a hackathon: participants gather
together, work in teams or individually to find solutions to specific tasks,
while being supervised by mentors, and finally present their contributions at the end of the
hackathon. We are
convinced that the format of a hackathon is an opportunity for the MICCAI community to exchange, discuss,
reflect, and
possibly come up with ideas and suggestions on how our community could bridge the gap to the clinics and
move MICCAI methods towards clinical application. Have a look at the program and the
detailed information.