Kitware is holding a contest to find the best biomedical visualization that was made using the freely-available, open-source Insight Toolkit or Visualization Toolkit.

• 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 September 6th, 2008
• Winners will be announced on September 9th at the 2008 MICCAI conference
• Select entries will also appear on the Kitware website

Judges:

• Stephen Aylward
  
• Zohara Cohen
  
• Herve Delingette
• Michael Fitzpatrick
  
• Nico Karssemeijer
  
• Dimitri Metaxas
  
• Marc Niethammer
  
• Sebastien Ourselin
• Terry Peters
• Jens Rittscher
• Niki Russell
• Martin Styner
• Gabor Szekely
• William (Sandy) Wells
• Hua Yang
  
• Terry Yoo
(more to be announced...)

Entries will be judged based on scientific significance, the use of ITK or VTK, and aesthetics.  More information is given below and on the contest website:

• 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 your visualizations.
• 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

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 the contest website. Registration is free.

As you prepare your presentations for MICCAI, SPIE Medical Imaging, and other events, consider entering the best of your visualizations in the contest!

We look forward to seeing your entries!