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2017

Best Article Award: EMEA Region
1st Prize Winner EMEA & Global Winner (€ 5000)	David Randall & Dr. Peter Metherall University of Sheffield, UK	The Oculus Rift Virtual Colonoscopy: Introducing a new Technology and Initial Impressions
2nd Prize Winner EMEA (€ 1500)	Prof. Laszlo Kovacs & Jalil Jalali Research Group—Computer Aided Plastic Surgery (CAPS), TUM, Germany	Three-dimensional prediction of free-flap volume in autologous breast reconstruction by CT angiography imaging
Best Article Award: Asia-Pacific
1st Prize Winner (€ 3500)	Nikhilesh Bappoo Vascular Engineering Laboratory, Harry Perkins Institute of Research, Perth, Australia	Viscosity and Haemodynamics in a Late Gestation Rat Feto-Placental Arterial Network
2nd Prize Winner (€ 1500)	Dr. Keiichi Katsumi Niigata University, Japan	Posterior Instrumented Fusion Suppresses the Progression of Ossification of the Posterior Longitudinal Ligament: A Comparison of Laminoplasty with and without instrumented fusion by three-dimensional study
Best Article Award: Americas
1st Prize Winner (€ 3500)	Christina Sidorowych University of Illinois at Chicago, USA	Visualizing Human Embryonic Development of the Heart’s Outflow Tract
2nd Prize Winner (€ 1500)	Animesh Tandon University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA	Use of a semi-automated cardiac segmentation tool improves reproducibility and speed of segmentation of contaminated right heart magnetic resonance angiography

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2016

Best Article Award: EMEA Region
1st Prize Winner (€ 3500)	Dr. Sasa Cukovic University of Kragujevac, Serbia	From generic to the patient specific 3D model of the spine in case of Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis (AIS)
2nd Prize Winner (1500€)	Mr. Samuel Jesús Ramos Infante University of Zaragoza, Spain	Insilico characterization of open-cell structures for trabecular bone
Best Article Award: Asia-Pacific
1st Prize Winner (€ 3500)	Mr. Darpan Shidid RMIT University, Australia	Just-In-Time Design and Additive Manufacture of Patient-Specific Medical Implants
2nd Prize Winner (€ 1500)	Dr. Vikas Karade Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India	3D femur model reconstruction from biplane X-ray images: a novel method based on Laplacian surface deformation
Global Winner and Americas First Prize Winner
1st Prize	Dr. Michael Jaeggli Northeastern University, USA	Interobserver variability in physician-modified endograft planning by comparison with a three-dimensional printed aortic model

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2015

Best Article Award: Europe & Africa
1st Prize	Claudio Storck University Hospital Basel, Switzerland	Cricothyroid joint anatomy as a predicting factor for success of cricoid-thyroid approximation in trans-women
2nd Prize	Bram Trachet Ghent University, Belgium	Dissecting abdominal aortic aneurysm in Ang II-infused mice: suprarenal branch ruptures and apparent luminal dilatation
Best Article Award: Asia-Pacific
1st Prize & Global Award	Kenichi Kono Showa University Fujigaoka Hospital, Japan	Hemodynamic effects of stent struts versus straightening of vessels in stent-assisted coil embolization for cerebral aneurysms
2nd Prize	Yasutaka Tashiro Kyushu University, Japan	Head to head analysis of closing-wedge versus opening-wedge high tibial osteotomy on tibia deformity using computer simulation
Best Article Award: North & South America
1st Prize	Jingwen Hu University of Michigan, USA	Developing parametric human models representing various vulnerable populations in motor vehicle crashes
2nd Prize	Nicole Wake New York University School of Medicine, USA	Design of anatomically accurate, patient-specific renal tumor models for partial nephrectomy
Best Poster Award
1st Prize	Andrea Calvo-Echenique Aragón Institute of Engineering Research, Spain	Finite element simulations of human gait in healthy and operated hip: a new method to evaluate prosthesis design

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2014

Best Article Award: Europe & Africa
1^stPrize & Global Award	Andreas J. Fritschi RWTH-Aachen University, Germany	Image based evaluation of mediastinal constraints for the development of a pulsatile total artificial heart
2^nd Prize	Heather Doyle National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland	Predicting the elastic properties of selective laser sintered PCL/β-TCP bone scaffold materials using computational modelling

Best Article Award: Asia-Pacific
1^st Prize	Liang Li Shandong University, China	CBCT evaluation of the upper airway morphological changes in growing patients of Class II division 1 malocclusion with mandibular retrusion using twin block appliance: a comparitive research
2^nd Prize	In-Beom Kim The Catholic University of Korea	Axonal synapses utilize multiple synaptic ribbons in the mammalian retina

Best Article Award: North & South America
1^st Prize	Glenn Green & Scott Hollister University of Michigan, USA	Mitigation of tracheobronchomalacia with 3D-printed patient-specific devices
2^nd Prize	Austin S. Rose & Ola Harrysson University of North Carolina School of Medicine & North Carolina State University, USA	Design of a 3D model for temporal bone surgical simulation

Best Poster Award
1^st Prize	Haithem Babiker Arizona State University	High fidelity medical device simulations for the pre-planning of endovascular cerebral aneurysm treatments

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2013

Category "Engineering on Anatomy for Cardiovascular Applications"
1^stPrize	Ellen Roche Harvard University, USA	Design of an anatomically accurate, multi material, patient specific cardiac simulator with sensing and controls
2^nd Prize	Joris Bols Ghent University, Belgium	A computational method to assess in vivo stresses and the unloaded configuration of patient-specific blood vessels

Category "Engineering on Anatomy for Orthopaedic/Craniomaxillofacial Applications"
1^st Prize	Stefaan W. Verbruggen NUI, Galway, Ireland	Strain amplification in bone mechanobiology: a computational investigation of the in vivo mechanics of osteocytes
2^nd Prize	Emmanuel A. Audenaert Ghent University Hospital, Belgium	Hip morphological characteristics and range of internal rotation in femoroacetabular Impingement

Open category
1^st Prize	Leah Klein University of Illinois, USA	Visualizing pharyngeal arch nerve growth and muscle innervation during human embryological development
2^nd Prize	Matthew Jian-Qiao Peng 1e Affiliated Hospital of Guangshou Medical College, China	Clinical significance of creative 3D-image fusion across multimodalities (PET+CT+MR) based on characteristic co-registration

Poster Category for Cardiovascular Applications
1^st Prize	Justin Ryan Arizona State University, USA	Virtual total artificial heart Implantation for improved device eligibility criteria

Poster Category for Orthopaedic/Craniomaxillofacial Applications
1^st Prize	David Sengeh MIT Media Lab, USA	VIPr socket: 3D printing of prosthetic sockets for below knee amputees

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2012

Cat1	Masayuki Hirata, M.D., Ph.D Osaka University Medical School, Japan	Contour fitting high density personalized 3 dimensional cortical electrodes
Cat2	Charlotte Debbaut Ghent University, Belgium	Perfusion characteristics of the human hepatic microcirculation based on 3D reconstructions and computational fluid dynamic analysis
Cat3	Rajshree Mootanah Anglia Ruskin University, UK	Development and verification of a computational model of the knee Joint for the evaluation of surgical treatments for osteoarthritis
Cat4	Serena Scott UCSF, USA	Interstitial ultrasound ablation of paraspinal and vertebral tumors: patient-specific simulations & treatment planning

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2011

Cat1	Dr. Diana Glaser Orthopedics Biomechanics Research Center, USA	Interdisciplinary approach for the 3D analysis of spinal growth modulation as a novel fusionless scoliosis treatment
Cat2	Dr. Mathias Joachim Krause Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany	A preprocessing approach for innovative patient-specific intranasal flow simulations
Cat3*	Dr. Modgil Ajay Home Clinic, India	Identity transfer and identity restoration in face transplantation
Cat3*	Bert Vandeghinste Ghent University, Belgium	Replacing vascular corrosion casting by micro-CT imaging for building 3D cardiovascular models in mice
Cat4	James Wernle Upstate Medical University, USA	Radiation induces brittle bone failure

(*) for the first time in the MIA history we had two submissions with the same score

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2010

Cat1	Laszlo Kovacs Technische Universität München, Germany	Patient-specific optimization of prosthetic socket construction and fabrication using innovative manufacturing processes: a project in progress
Cat2	Sheng Lu Kunming General Hospital, China	A novel patient-specific navigational template for cervical pedicle screw placement
Cat3	Francis Scott Gayzik Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA	The development of full body geometrical data for finite element models: a multimodality approach
Poster	Jonathan Plasencia (D.H. Frakes) Arizona State University, USA	Patient-specific models for improved surgical planning of tetralogy of fallot repair

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2009

Cat1	Barry J. Doyle University of Limerick, Ireland	Towards an improvement in aneurysm assessment: coupling 3D reconstruction tools with engineering know-how
Cat2	Irfan Khan Georgia Institute of Technology, USA	Using Mimics to understand fluid-structure interaction at small scale in complex geometries
Cat3	Bruno Frohlich Boston University, USA	The secrets of the stradivari string instruments. Non-destructive study of music instruments from the smithsonian institution, The library of congress, and private collections. A pilot study of seven violins made by Antonio Stradivari in Cremona, Italy, Between 1677 and 1709
Poster	Lucas Ritacco Favaloro University, Argentina	Technique development: reproducibility of three-dimensional distal femur solid models using the same threshold level

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2008

Cat1	Janssen, D. RUNMC, the Netherlands	Finite element simulation of cement-bone interface micromechanics
Cat2	Bongert, M. FH Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Germany	Patient-specific simulation model for investigating the impact of aortic valve prostheses on blood flow
Cat3	Bowers, M.E Brown University, USA	Quantitative MR imaging using "LiveWire" to measure tibiofemoral articular cartilage thickness
Poster	Vengrenyuk, Y. City University of New York, USA	Micro-CT based finite element analysis of atherosclerotic plaque stability

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2007

Cat1	Wim Vos University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium	Combining Mimics and computational fluid dynamics to assist in and evaluate the placement of an intrabronchial stent in a patient with congenital kyfoscoliosis
Cat2	Ting Jiao Shanghai Second Medical University, China	Design and fabrication of auricular prostheses by CAD/CAM system
Cat3	Thordur Helgason Landspitali-University Hospital, Iceland	Using Mimics to monitor changes in bone mineral density of femur during electrical stimulation therapy of denervated degenerated thigh muscles

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2006

Cat1	Andreas Linninger University of Illinois, USA	Mimics - an indispensable tool for patient-specific image analysis
Cat2	Tim Clijmans KU Leuven, Belgium	Computer supported pre-operative planning of craniosynostosis surgery: a Mimics-integrated approach
Cat3	Jean- Marie Steeve Lamvohee Anglia Ruskin University, UK	Optimum thickness of cement mantle for hip replacement patients with different acetabulae sizes, bone quality and body mass index

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2005

Cat1	Ho Saey Tuan National University of Singapore, Singapore	The evaluation of an osteochondral implant by using Mimics
Cat2	Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Harun SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia	3D CT Landmark analysis for development of Malaysian craniofacial database
Cat3	Elham Aslani Oregon State University, USA	Characterization of geometric parameters of patient abdominal aortic aneurysms

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