ECCV 2020 Daily - Wednesday

spiral. In the developed world, the ageing demographic means these pressures will increase further. In the developing world, limited resources, poorer infrastructure and transport links, and many times fewer doctors per capita presents a different but similarly challenging landscape. Doctors are looking to automated algorithms to rapidly provide better quality data with detailed analytical and quantitative analyses that enable them to do more and to do it better . This will allow patients to get the right treatment at the right time in order to achieve the best possible outcomes. A case in point is treatment of acute stroke, where “time is brain” and timely diagnosis of stroke and its cause could improve clinical outcomes for patients with stroke, which is the second biggest cause of death and disability worldwide, as eloquently described by Prof. Keith Muir in his talk. Fig. 1 illustrates some of the imaging used by a clinician for diagnosing and locating the cause of a stroke. 3 CV4MI 19 DAILY W e d n e s d a y 1 LowdoseCTangiogram(CTA) acquired using a Canon Medical Aquilion ONE Genesis CT scanner showing carotid arteries and the Circle of Willis. A CTA scan is used to assess patients with suspected acute stroke who may have a blood clot in their cerebral arteries. The Opportunity 2 Ultrasound images from Canon Medical Aplio scanners. Left: traditional greyscale section showing fetal heart and brain. Right: fetal ultrasound data rendered using Canon Medical's Global Illumination.