Participation policy¶

• Create an account on Grand Challenge, and join the challenge to unlock access to dataset details and download instructions.
• Participants must use only the provided data. No additional data is allowed.
• We provide some samples (without annotations) to illustrate the samples for the preliminary test phase. Participants must not manually annotate these images to train a supervised model for submissions during this phase.
• Submissions for evaluation on both the preliminary and the final test phases will be done through submitted docker containers. Please remember to verify your account before submission.
• The submitted docker containers from all participants will be publicly accessible unless participants disagree. Participants who do not agree to make docker public will not be eligible for awards, and will not be listed in the leaderboard. Additionally, we strongly encourage participants to share their code with the public.
• In addition to the docker containers, each participating team is required to submit a 2-3 page summary for the final test phase outlining their methods and approaches along with the Docker container .
• All performance results will be disclosed publicly after submission. Participating teams have the option to decide whether to make their results public any time prior to the announcement.
• Participants who wish to retract their submissions can opt for their performance to be reported anonymously online and in the publication, or they can request complete removal from the leaderboard and publication.
• Participants from the organizers' groups are welcome to join and can have their results featured in publications and on the leaderboard. However, they are not eligible for awards.

Award and Result Announcement Policy¶

• All results will be disclosed publicly, and outstanding submissions will be acknowledged during the in-person event in MICCAI 2025.
• The top 5 participants will be invited to prepare a 10 minute presentation for the challenge session to showcase and discuss their methods.
• The top 3 participants will be publicly acknowledged on this challenge webpage, and they will receive a Jellycat Selma SLOTH as a souvenir during the in-person challenge event.
  
• After the public acknowledgement, a detailed analysis of the submitted results will be available upon request.

Publication policy¶

We will collaborate with participants to create a comprehensive journal article summarizing the key results and analyses from this challenge. Participants who submit valuable work are welcome to contribute to the publication , with up to three authors from each team being acknowledged.

Results from the SELMA3D 2024 challenge have already been summarized in a pre-print on arXiv. We aim to integrate and present the outcomes from both the 2024 and 2025 challenges in a unified journal article.

In order for us to include you in our paper:

• Please submit a detailed description of your solution with your final test phase submission.
• You are welcome to submit additional paragraphs and figures about your submission via email (see the Contact info on the Organizers page).

Besides, we encourage all participants to independently submit their results without imposing any publication embargo.