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MICCAI stands for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. The name covers two things: a society (the MICCAI Society) and the annual international conference that society organizes. This page maps which official MICCAI site answers which question, gives the 2026 and 2027 conference details side by side, and shows where the proceedings and open-access papers live. Facts below were read on the official sites on 2026-11-07.
What does MICCAI stand for?
MICCAI stands for Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention. The conference is formally titled the International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention; the 2026 edition is the 29th.
What MICCAI is: the society and the conference
The MICCAI Society describes itself as the leading international forum for research, education and practice in the field of medical image computing, and is governed by a Board of Directors. Its annual conference is the event most people mean when they say “MICCAI”. Conference papers are published as proceedings, listed on Springer Nature Link for 1998 and 2002 through 2026.
For background on how conference papers differ from journal articles, see the CASRAI term conference proceedings. For a related proceedings series in machine learning, see the guide to PMLR.
Where is MICCAI 2026, and where will MICCAI 2027 be held?
MICCAI 2026 is held in Strasbourg, France; MICCAI 2027 is scheduled for Auckland, New Zealand.
| Item | MICCAI 2026 | MICCAI 2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Edition | 29th | 30th |
| Dates | 27 September to 1 October 2026 | 27 September to 1 October 2027 |
| Venue | Strasbourg Convention Center, Strasbourg, France | New Zealand International Convention Centre, Auckland, New Zealand |
| Official site | conferences.miccai.org/2026 | conferences.miccai.org/2027 |
Submission deadlines and other dates are posted on each conference site’s Important Dates page, which is the authoritative source and can change between editions.
Is MICCAI a top-tier conference?
No official source ranks MICCAI, and this page does not assign a ranking. What the organizers publish is selectivity. For 2026, the conference site reports 1,167 papers accepted from 4,402 reviewed submissions, which is an acceptance rate of about 27% (1,167 / 4,402 = 26.5%). The review process involved 244 Area Chairs and more than 3,900 reviewers. If a funder, department or hiring committee asks about venue standing, cite these figures and the conference’s own description rather than a third-party tier label, and check whether that body publishes its own venue list.
Which official MICCAI site answers which question
| You need | Go to |
|---|---|
| Society governance, membership information, links to current and upcoming conferences | miccai.org |
| Dates, venue, program and statistics for a specific edition | The year’s site under conferences.miccai.org |
| The citable, final published proceedings | Springer Nature Link |
| Free-to-read accepted papers | papers.miccai.org (2024 to 2026); year pages for 2021 to 2023 |
| Reviews attached to papers | Open Review pages, available for 2021 to 2023 only |
MICCAI papers, open access and reviews
According to the society’s Open Access and Reviews page, the open-access versions are provided under agreement with Springer and are identical in content to the final accepted versions. Papers from 2024 to 2026 are hosted at papers.miccai.org; papers from 2021 to 2023 are on the respective year pages. Open Review pages exist for 2021 to 2023 only. Open review of this kind is a form of open peer review; the general concept is explained under peer review.
Strengths and limits of the official sources
- Each year has its own conference site, so statistics and dates are edition-specific and do not carry over to other years.
- The society site does not state conference venues; use the conference sites for that.
- Open-access papers and open reviews cover different year ranges, so a paper’s reviews may not be public even when its text is.
For a practical medical image computing tool used in this field, see the CASRAI guide to 3D Slicer.
FAQ
What does MICCAI stand for?
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention.
Is MICCAI a top-tier conference?
No official source assigns a tier. The 2026 conference reports accepting 1,167 of 4,402 reviewed submissions, about 27%.
Where will MICCAI 2027 be held?
At the New Zealand International Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand, from 27 September to 1 October 2027 (the 30th conference).
Where is MICCAI 2026?
At the Strasbourg Convention Center in Strasbourg, France, from 27 September to 1 October 2026 (the 29th conference).
Where do I find MICCAI papers for free?
See papers.miccai.org for 2024 to 2026, and the MICCAI year pages for 2021 to 2023, as listed on the society’s Open Access and Reviews page.
Sources
- MICCAI Society, read 2026-11-07
- MICCAI 2026, read 2026-11-07
- MICCAI 2027, read 2026-11-07
- MICCAI proceedings on Springer Nature Link, read 2026-11-07
- MICCAI Open Access and Reviews, read 2026-11-07
