MIDL 2026 Workshop @ Taipei, July 11th
From Pixels to Procedures: Building Intelligent Healthcare Applications with MONAI, NVIDIA FLARE , and Isaac for Healthcare
Abstract:
Artificial intelligence is transforming how we model, interpret, and simulate the human body. Yet harnessing its full potential in healthcare requires not only powerful algorithms but also robust platforms that bridge research and real-world practice. This hands-on workshop invites participants to explore how NVIDIA’s open technologies—MONAI, NVIDIA FLARE, and Isaac For Healthcare—can be applied to develop scalable, collaborative, and safe AI systems for medical imaging, surgical robotics, and digital twins. Whether you’re a researcher, clinician, or engineer, you’ll leave with a deeper understanding of how these tools can accelerate your innovation pipeline.
The first portion of the workshop introduces MONAI, the open-source, domain-specialized framework for medical imaging AI, showcasing workflows from dataset curation to model deployment and the creation of digital twins.
Participants will then explore NVFLARE, a federated learning platform designed for training models across institutions while preserving data privacy and compliance—essential for multi-center healthcare AI collaborations.
Finally, we will explore Isaac For Healthcare, demonstrating how open data models, physics-based environments, and real-time sensor fusion support both healthcare robotics and simulation. These capabilities can be used to train and evaluate autonomous or semi-autonomous surgical systems. Example projects and code will be provided, and parallel lectures and lab sessions will ensure participants gain both conceptual insights and practical experience.
Familiarity with Python is helpful but not required. No prior experience with NVIDIA frameworks is necessary—curiosity and collaboration are all you need!
Target Audience:
- Medical imaging researchers
- Clinical collaborators in AI projects
- ML engineers and data scientists in healthcare
Tentative Program:
- Date: July 11th
- Time: 08:30 AM to 12:30 PM
- Location: Taipei, Taiwan
- Capacity: In-person (room for up to 80 people)
- Focused Topics
- First 2 hours: MONAI & NVFLARE
- Second 2 hours: Isaac For Healthcare hands-on training lab and Open Models
Workshop Venue: Chientan Youth Activity Center
