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AI Challenge at AOCR2024: Deciphering Acute Appendicitis with AI

In the era of AI-driven medical diagnostics, the AOCR2024 proudly presents the AI challenge. This platform invites teams from around the world to develop and demonstrate their expertise in identifying acute appendicitis using AI. The challenge aims to acknowledge the excellence of radiological AI and bridge the gap between theoretical AI achievements and real-world medical diagnostics.


Team Composition

Every participating team needs to include at least one radiologist as a member.


Objective

This competition focuses on identifying acute appendicitis from CT scans of acute abdomen cases. Participants will engage in a classification task, distinguishing the presence or absence of acute appendicitis using contrast-enhanced CT scans.


Prizes

  • 1st Place: NTD$200,000 (taxes to be deducted)
  • 2nd Place: NTD$100,000 (taxes to be deducted)
  • 3rd Place: NTD$50,000 (taxes to be deducted)
  • 4th Place: NTD$30,000 (taxes to be deducted)
  • 5th Place: NTD$20,000 (taxes to be deducted)

Note

If there are 20 or fewer participating teams, only the top three ranks may be eligible for prizes. The committee retains the right to withhold or reduce the prize amount if a team's performance does not meet the expected standards.


Timeline

  • November 1, 2023: Stage 1 begins.
  • January 24, 2024: Stage 1 ends.
  • January 29, 2024: Stage 2 begins.
  • February 4, 2024: Stage 2 ends & Final submission deadline.
  • February 21, 2024: Confirmation deadline for attending the AOCR2024 conference.
  • March 23, 2024: AOCR 2024 AI challenge winner presentation and award.

Winner's Obligations and Award Criteria

To claim the prize money, at least one member from the winning teams must present their approach and solution on-site at the AOCR2024 conference. For the entire winning team, the conference registration fees will be waived.

The organizing committee also expects winners to:

(i) Produce a brief video detailing their methodology and solution and submit it to the organizing committee.

(ii) Post a link to their open-sourced code on the competition forum.

To ensure a seamless transition to the Second Stage and to stay updated about potential prize announcements, each team must fill out the form: https://forms.gle/vWZewwdxmGPrc99q6.

For detailed rules, dataset access, and participation, please visit the Kaggle competition page at https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/aocr2024.