ITK - Revision history

Lorensen: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

2009-10-30T20:12:07Z

It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room.

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	== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==		== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==
	<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>		<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>
	[http://www.itk.org/ The Insight Toolkit], ITK, is one of several initiatives of the NIH		[http://www.itk.org/ The Insight Toolkit], ITK, is one of several initiatives of the [http://nih.gov/ NIH]
	[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ National Library of Medicine] (NLM) [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project]. In the early		[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ National Library of Medicine] (NLM) [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project]. In the early
	1990's NLM, through its contractors, created 3D representations of a		1990's NLM, through its contractors, created 3D representations of a

Lorensen at 20:11, 30 October 2009

2009-10-30T20:11:20Z

Lorensen: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

2009-10-30T20:07:55Z

It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room.

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	== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==		== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==
	<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>		<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>
			The Insight Toolkit, ITK, is one of several initiatives of the NIH
			National Library 0f Medicine (NLM) Visible Human Project. In the early
			1990's NLM, through its contractors, created 3D representations of a
			normal human male and female. The data include physical cross-section,
			computed tomogray and MRI images. The Visible Human Male and Visible
			Female have been available to the public since 1995.

			In 1995, Dr. Michael Ackerman from NLM held a meeting with several
			individuals to see what next steps should be taken to promote the
			Visible Human data. This group identified a need for a public software
			to process the datasets. Terry Yoo, a PhD student at UNC was in
			attendance as well as Bill Lorensen from GE Research.

			Fast forward to April 1, 1999. Terry Yoo, then a Project Officer at
			NLM, and Dr. Ackerman, solicited proposals to build a segmentation and
			registration toolkit to process the Visible Human data. The Request
			for Proposals (RFP) stated in part:

			"NLM is seeking competitive proposals to develop an application
			programmer interface (API) and first implementation of a Segmentation
			and Registration Toolkit (SRT). The resulting system should be
			suitable for computer assisted exploration of the NLM Visible Human
			Project (VHP) Male and Female data sets. The final deliverable
			product of this SRT version is to be beyond a beta prototype stage,
			compatible for direct insertion into the public domain via internet
			access through the NLM. The goal of this initiative is to create a
			self-sustaining code development effort to support image analysis
			research in segmentation, classification, and deformable registration
			of medical images. The design should include future expansion to
			parallel implementations and large memory requirements. The final
			delivery version will be required to be engineered to accommodate
			change by periodic and incremental modifications."

			Several institutions responded and via a peer review process, six
			contractors were selected three commercial (Kitware, GE Corporate R&D,
			and Insightful), and three academic (UNC Chapel Hill, University of
			Utah, and University of Pennsylvania). Several subcontractors
			included: U Pitt, Columbia, and Brigham and Women's Hospital. The
			initial contract period was three years.

			After organizational meetings in November 1999 and January 2000, the
			contractors began the process to create, from scratch, what is now
			called ITK. From the start, the group decided to broaden the
			application of the toolkit to biomedical imaging. As part of their
			proposals, both GE and Kitware proposed use "extreme programming"
			which they had been successfully using for VTK development. To that
			end, NLM funded CMake, CableSwig and Dart.For the next three years,
			the contractors worked to created a robust, feature rich and
			extensible toolkit.

			The first code was checked into the cvs repository in March 2000. A
			workable image class was made available to the contractors in June
			2000. The first public release, ITK 1.4, was made in September 2003.

			After the release, NLM awarded several Algorithms, Adapters, and Data
			Distribution (A2D2) contracts to test the software architecture of ITK
			as well as the design of the API. NLM also extended the contracts for
			several of the original contractors.

			Today, NLM still supports ITK through maintenance contracts but the
			bulk of the work is done by the growing, international ITK community.

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2007-11-11T19:23:44Z

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MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

2007-06-09T19:34:37Z

It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room.

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	== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==		== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==
	<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|"Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>		<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>

MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

2007-06-09T19:33:42Z

It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room.

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	== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==		== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==
	<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|400px]]</div>		<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|"Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>

MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

2007-06-09T19:26:37Z

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	== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==		== It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. ==
	<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>		<div class="floatright">[[Image:RGBtoCT.png\|thumb\|400px\|Registration of the Visible Human Male CT and RGB Data done with ITK.]]</div>
	The Insight Toolkit, ITK, is one of several initiatives of the NIH		[http://www.itk.org/ The Insight Toolkit], ITK, is one of several initiatives of the NIH
	National Library 0f Medicine (NLM) Visible Human Project. In the early		[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ National Library of Medicine] (NLM) [http://www.nlm.nih.gov/research/visible/visible_human.html Visible Human Project]. In the early
	1990's NLM, through its contractors, created 3D representations of a		1990's NLM, through its contractors, created 3D representations of a
	normal human male and female. The data ~~include~~ physical cross-section,		normal human male and female. The data includes physical cross-section,
	computed ~~tomogray~~ and MRI images. The Visible Human Male and Visible		computed tomography and MRI images. The Visible Human Male and Visible
	Female have been available to the public since 1995.		Female have been available to the public since 1995.

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	Fast forward to April 1, 1999. Terry Yoo, then a Project Officer at		Fast forward to April 1, 1999. Terry Yoo, then a Project Officer at
	NLM, and Dr. Ackerman, solicited proposals to build a segmentation and		NLM, and Dr. Ackerman, solicited proposals to build a segmentation and
	registration ~~toolkit~~ to process the Visible Human data. The Request		registration tool kit to process the Visible Human data. The Request
	for Proposals (RFP) stated in part:		for Proposals (RFP) stated in part:

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	contractors began the process to create, from scratch, what is now		contractors began the process to create, from scratch, what is now
	called ITK. From the start, the group decided to broaden the		called ITK. From the start, the group decided to broaden the
	application of the ~~toolkit~~ to biomedical imaging. As part of their		application of the tool kit to biomedical imaging. As part of their
	proposals, both GE and Kitware proposed use "extreme programming"		proposals, both GE and Kitware proposed use "extreme programming"
	which they had been successfully using for VTK development. To that		which they had been successfully using for VTK development. To that
	end, NLM funded CMake, CableSwig and Dart.For the next three years,		end, NLM funded CMake, CableSwig and Dart.For the next three years,
	the contractors worked to created a robust, feature rich and		the contractors worked to created a robust, feature rich and
	extensible ~~toolkit~~.		extensible tool kit.

	The first code was checked into the cvs repository in March 2000. A		The first code was checked into the cvs repository in March 2000. A

ITK - Revision history

Lorensen: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

Lorensen at 20:11, 30 October 2009

Lorensen: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

Lorensen: Protected "ITK" [edit=sysop:move=sysop]

MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

MCAdmin: /* It started in 1995 at a meeting in the National Library of Medicine Board of Regents conference room. */

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