Welcome to the website for Kitware’s contest to find the 2008 Best Biomedical Visualization Involving ITK or VTK!

The goal of this contest is to find the best visualization of medical data that was made possible using the freely-available, open-source ITK or VTK toolkits.

• First-place prize is $750 and a shirt or hat with the Kitware logo.
• Second-place prize is $250 and a shirt or hat with the Kitware logo.
• Submissions must be received by 5:00 PM EDT on September 6th, 2008
• Winners will be announced on September 9th at the 2008 MICCAI conference
• Select entries will also appear on the Kitware website

Entries will be judged based on scientific significance, aesthetics, and use of ITK or VTK

• Visualizations may be charts, graphs, photographs, or renderings from the biomedical field.
• You may submit more than one visualization.
• You must explain how VTK and/or ITK played a role in generating that visualization. Images from open-source and commercial applications that use ITK and VTK are eligible, including:
  • ParaView
  • VolView
  • Osirix
  • 3D Slicer
  • BioImageXD
  • MedINRIA
  • VisTrails
  • caBIG-XIP
  • VR-Render
• Public voting will be used by a panel of expert judges to determine the winners.
• Images generated by Kitware employees are not eligible.
• Anyone may submit visualizations and cast votes, after registering on this website.
• Registration is free.

Shark Heart

Abdominal Gas

The Thinking Brain