SPIE Medical Imaging annually hosts best poster presentation awards. Some conferences offer best student paper awards with cash prizes supported by the generosity of our sponsors. Entrants are judged by a committee of SPIE volunteers and winners are announced at the event.
Review the criteria and nomination information below. We welcome your participation.
The Robert F. Wagner All Conference Best Student Paper Award (established 2014) is an acknowledgement of his many important contributions to the Medical Imaging meeting and his many important advances in the field of medical imaging. This award is open to all presentations at SPIE Medical Imaging. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
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The Physics of Medical Imaging conference features a student paper award specifically to recognize outstanding papers in development and application of medical imaging and diagnosis. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
This student paper award is a prize awarded to the first authors of high-quality papers within the Image Processing conference. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
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The Computer-Aided Diagnosis conference is features a paper award specifically dedicated to recognize outstanding papers in development and application of computer-aided detection and diagnosis (CAD) systems in medical imaging. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
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Early-Career Investigator Award is awarded to the first authors of high-quality papers within the Image-Guided Procedures, Robotic Interventions, and Modeling conference. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
This Student Paper Award is specifically dedicated to recognizing outstanding papers in the area of surgical robotics and related topics. Undergraduate or graduate students who are also lead authors on a paper focused on robot-assisted interventions or related applications, are eligible for consideration. For eligibility requirements and details about how to apply, view the eligibity details and application page.
Application opens: 27 October 2025
Application closes: 28 November 2025 (11:59 PM PST)
The Live Demonstrations Workshop at SPIE Medical Imaging features interactive demonstrations for systems and algorithms developers to show off their creations, complementary to the topics of SPIE Medical Imaging.
The primary objectives are to inspire research, offer valuable feedback to participants, foster new collaborations, and facilitate learning in the realm of medical imaging. This is a symposium-wide event and the Live Demonstration Workshop welcomes contributions from all conferences and attendees of the SPIE Medical Imaging symposium. Registration for the SPIE Medical Imaging event is required. This workshop will feature live system demonstrations and software presentations, and includes certificate of participation for participants.
View the Live Demonstrations Workshop page for more information.
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All conferences at SPIE Medical Imaging will select a Cum Laude and Honorable Mention poster award from the accepted posters in each conference program. The committee will run the judging process and make the selection before the poster session and a ribbon will be hung on the select posters during the session. The Cum Laude winner and honorable mention will receive award certificates and recognition in their SPIE Profile. It is advisable to hang your poster by 1:00 PM on the day your poster session is scheduled to ensure it is included in the review by the committee. All accepted posters in SPIE Medical Imaging that are presented at the event qualify.
The Imaging Informatics conference will feature a Best Paper award, identified from all oral and poster presentations. A short list of candidate papers will be first identified based on technical review by the program committee from all accepted submissions. The candidate papers will then be further evaluated at the meeting by the awards committee. The award may recognize practical applications, novel methodologies, and/or other significant contributions. The winners will be announced during the conference and the authors will be recognized and awarded a certificate. All accepted submissions to the Imaging Informatics conference qualify.