2nd International Workshop on Medical Image Analysis and Descriptionfor Diagnosis Systems - MIAD 2011 28-29 January, 2011 - Rome, ItalyIn conjunction with the 4th International Joint Conference on BiomedicalEngineering Systems and Technologies - BIOSTEC 2011ChairKhalifa DjemalUniversity of Evry Val d'EssoneFranceScopeThe 2nd International Workshop on Medical Image Analysis and Description for Diagnosis Systems (MIAD) aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working in medical and biomedical images processing domain. The workshop will also offer the opportunity to fill the gap between academic researchers, practitioners and industrial parts. MIAD encourages authors to submit papers to one of the main topics indicated below, describing original work, including methods, techniques, advanced prototypes, recent advances in acquisition devices (CT-Scan, MRI, 3D Ultrasound, molecular imaging), applications, diagnosis systems and tools.Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: