Special Session
Special Session on
AI for Breast Microcalcification Detection and Characterization -
AI-BMDC
2026
2 - 4 March, 2026 - Marbella, Spain
Within the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2026
CHAIR
SCOPE
Breast microcalcifications (MCs) are among the earliest radiographic signs of breast cancer, particularly in ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS). While traditional CAD systems and radiological assessments have primarily focused on clusters of MCs, the morphology and distribution of individual MCs carries critical diagnostic value.
This special session seeks to highlight recent advances in AI-based approaches for detecting, segmenting, and analyzing breast MCs across a variety of imaging modalities, including:
- Full-field digital mammography (FFDM)
- Digital breast tomosynthesis (DBT)
- Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)
- Contrast-enhanced mammography
- Multi-modal image fusion for enhanced MCs interpretation/detection/classification
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Deep learning (DL) architectures for detecting individual MCs
- Morphological analysis and malignancy risk prediction from single MCs
- AI-based classification of benign vs. suspicious MCs
- Explainability and interpretability of AI models in breast imaging
- Detection and characterization in challenging settings (dense breasts, low contrast)
- Temporal analysis of MCs evolution
- Clinical validation and real-world deployment
- Comparisons of cluster-based vs. single MCs AI analysis
- Synthetic data generation and augmentation for MCs training
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:
December 17, 2025
Authors Notification:
January 14, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration:
January 22, 2026
SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Available soon.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.
PUBLICATIONS
After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support - and submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library