Proceedings Paper
Initial submission of digital phantoms and a paper via OpenReview by July 18, serving as the basis for peer review and initial evaluation.
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SynthOCT 2026
SynthOCT Challenge 2026
SynthOCT 2026 is a challenge co-located with MICCAI 2026 and part of the SASHIMI Workshop, focused on reconstructing tissue microstructure through digital phantoms for optical coherence tomography (OCT). Unlike traditional image synthesis methods, participants must solve an inverse physics problem by generating scatterer distributions that, when processed by a fixed Virtual Scanner, produce physically consistent synthetic OCT B-scans evaluated by Optical Attenuation Coefficients and Speckle Statistics.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Final Paper
Camera-ready paper incorporating reviewer feedback, submitted via OpenReview by August 14, alongside final code/model submission.
Code/Model Submission
Final submission of runnable code or model (via platform) by August 14, required for evaluation on a hold-out dataset.
Research areas in scope
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Medical Image Synthesis
Digital Phantom GenerationPhysics-Based OCT SimulationInverse Problems in Medical ImagingOptical Attenuation Coefficient EstimationSpeckle Statistics Modeling
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be made via OpenReview for papers and the official platform for digital phantoms and code.
- Code must be made publicly available in a repository (e.g., GitHub) if the paper is accepted.
- Final submissions must be compatible with Python 3.12.12 and PyTorch 2.10.0 on a system with 16GB RAM and RTX 3060 12GB (Windows 10/11).
- Each phantom generation must complete within 600 seconds per B-scan.
- At least one author must present in person at MICCAI 2026 if the paper is accepted, unless exempt due to visa restrictions.
- Online participation is permitted only for teams with members requiring visas to enter France or facing re-entry issues to their home country.
- In-person attendance is mandatory for teams with members currently residing in the Schengen zone.
- Team registration requires notification via email to drlevmatveev@gmail.com in addition to online registration.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026