EU

CARS 2012

June 27, 2012 - June 30, 2012
All Day

Kitwareans will attend the Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (CARS) 26th International Congress and Exhibition in Pisa, Italy.

On Saturday, June 30 at 10:45, Danielle Pace will present the paper ‘TubeTK: An open-source toolkit of algoritms operating on images of tubes‘ as part of the Image Processing and Display session. Authors on the paper are Danielle F. Pace, Andinet Enquobahrie, and Patrick Reynolds of Kitware Inc.; Julien Jomier of Kitware SAS; Elizabeth Bullitt, a retired neurosurgeon; and Stephen R. Aylward of Kitware Inc.

Abstract
The development of algorithms specially designed for image-based analysis of tubular structures has wide implications for image-guided diagnosis, interventions, and disease monitoring. We will present TubeTK, an open-source software toolkit that distributes a variety of medical imaging algorithms for images depicting tubular structures, with the aim of accelerating research, development and clinical translation in the field.
Andinet Enquobahrie will present the ‘Tutorial on Open Source Software: Should I Join the Open Source Movement?‘ on June 27 from 8:30-11:30.

Abstract
Open source software development is an increasingly popular software development model, particularly in the research community. The availability and use of open source software is rapidly increasing everywhere, including within the computer assisted radiology and surgery community. However, as with most technologies, open source software is not a “cure-all”, but rather one option for software development in medical devices. In this tutorial, we will start with an introduction and overview of the open source software field, including a discussion of what the term open source means, the licensing issues, and the business models. We will then survey the landscape of existing open source tools, with a particular emphasis on tools for the computer assisted radiology and surgery domain. We will next present an example open source implementation, the Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK). We will conclude with a demonstration of IGSTK and discuss the issues involved in using open source software in the clinical domain.

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