Kitware is pleased to present a special edition of the Source which features several of the strongest Insight Journal submissions from 2009. The Insight Journal was designed to provide a realistic support system for disseminating scientific research in the medical image processing domain. Recognizing the need for a mechanism whereby the medical image analysis community can collectively share their ideas, code, data and results, Dr. Luis Ibàñez has worked with the ISC and championed the open-science cause to make the
Insight Journal a reality.

By providing a platform for open-access scientific publication, Kitware continues to foster its commitment to the open-science community. To continue celebrating this cause we will annually publish this special Insight Journal Edition of the Source. Anyone may submit their work to the Insight Journal by registering, for free, at insight-journal.org; perhaps your work will be featured here next year!

Editor’s Note.................................................................................. 1
Recent Releases ............................................................................ 1
A Synthetic LiDAR Scanner for VTK ................................................. 3
New Variational Level-Set Classes with Region Fitting Energy in ITK ... 6
Alternative Memory Models for ITK................................................... 9
N3 Implementation for MRI Bias Field Correction ............................. 11
Exporting Contours to DICOM-RTSTRUCT ....................................... 13
Kitware News ............................................................................... 15