Toward real world medical image analysis
Comprehensive Analysis & computing of REal-world medical images (CARE2026)
Submission deadlines have been extended to July 27, 2026! We have sent the notification to the registered emails. You can refer to our Test Submission Page and Paper Submission Page for more details.
Note: The submission of test results and the paper are separate. That is, participants can submit only the Docker container for testing, or only the paper, or both.
Note: The validation platform remains active during the test phase; you may continue submitting validation predictions as per previous instructions, and the leaderboard will update accordingly.
If you have any questions, please contact care26challenge@163.com or care2026challenge@outlook.com.
Motivation
Medical image analysis empowered by AI has significantly reshaped medicine. However, real-world medical image analysis poses significant challenges for medical AI, including domain shifts due to diverse imaging protocols and medical centers, variability in pathological regions of interest (ROIs) such as lesions and scars, and limited generalization capabilities of existing deep learning models. This challenge aims to encourage the development of novel and effective methods that facilitate the translation of medical AI into real-world clinical practice.
Tracks
This challenge consists of 4 challenging tracks and encompasses imaging data from over 2000 patients collected across three continents, capturing diverse acquisition protocols, clinical centers, and patient populations. Participants can explore each track below to access the corresponding datasets and detailed task descriptions.
CARE-Left Atrium: Left Atrial Segmentation and Analysis (register here to access the dataset).
CARE-Liver: Liver Segmentation and Fibrosis Staging (register here to access the dataset).
CARE-Myocardium: Myocardial Pathology Segmentation (register here to access the dataset).
CARE-Whole Heart: Whole Heart Segmentation (register here to access the dataset).
Submission
After registration, we will assign participants an account to login into our evaluation platform. Participants can directly upload your predictions and docker via the website. For paper submission, please refer to our paper submission guidance.
Contact: If you have any questions, please feel free to contact: care26challenge@163.com or care2026challenge@outlook.com.
Timeline
The schedule for this track is as follows. All deadlines (DDLs) are on 23:59 in Pacific Standard Time.
| Registration Period | March 27, 2026 - July 20, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Training Data Release | March 27, 2026 |
| Validation Phase start | May 01, 2026 |
| Test data release | June 10, 2026 |
| Test Results Submission | July 27, 2026 (Updated!) |
| Abstract Submission | July 27, 2026 (Updated!) |
| Paper Submission | July 27, 2026 (Updated!) |
| Paper Acceptance Notification | August 10, 2026 |
| Camera Ready | August 24, 2026 |
| Workshop (Half-Day) | September 27, 2026 |
Awards
The challenge has 1 best paper and 2 runner-ups. In addition, CARE 2026 will provide 8 best performance awards as follows:
CARE-Left Atrium:
- LA scar quantification (MRI)
- LA multi-structure segmentation (CT)
CARE-Liver:
- Liver Fibrosis Staging (LiFS)
- Liver Segmentation (LiSeg)
CARE-Myocardium:
- Myocardial Pathology Segmentation
- Cine Myocardial Pathology Segmentation
CARE-Whole Heart:
- Whole heart segmentation (CT)
- Whole heart segmentation (MRI)
Sponsors
- MICCAI-SIG Cardiac Imaging, Computational Modelling and Clinical Sciences (SIG-Cardiac)
- MICCAI-SIG Explainable AI for Medical Image Analysis (SIG-xMedIA)
