Part I: 8:00 am – 10:00 am

Part II: 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

The Insight Tool Kit (ITK) is one of the most comprehensive and cohesive collections of image segmentation, registration, and analysis algorithms available today. Similarly, the Visualization Tool Kit (VTK) includes a wide variety of visualization tools that compliment the contents of ITK. The content and capabilities of these two toolkits continues to grow in a refereed process known as Open Science. Come join us as we take a look at the capabilities of these two toolkits through the use of the visual programming editor found in XIP™. Learn ‘hands-on’ how to experiment with ITK and VTK modules without writing a stitch of C++ code through the use of simple ‘drag and drop, connect the dots’ style tools.

The eXtensible Imaging Platform (XIP™) provides a reference implementation of the proposed DICOM Application Hosting Standard, along with visual programming tools and libraries that facilitate the rapid development of both stand-alone and hosted imaging applications. In this hand-on session we will guide you in creating the processing logic and a simple GUI for a basic medical imaging application using the XIP Builder™ visual editor and modules drawn from the XIP Libraries™. We will then show you how to deploy that application in either a stand-alone mode, or as a DICOM Hosted Application that can be launched from the XIP Host™ system, or any other Hosting System that implements the DICOM Application Hosting interfaces. The session closes with a guided tour of the capabilities available in the XIP Host™, including its implementation of several IHE® profiles.

1. The two parts of this learning lab are designed to complement each other, and we encourage participants to join both parts for the most complete picture of the ITK/VTK/XIP combination of tools. However, each part can be attended independent of the other, should time constraints or other commitments prevent you from attending both parts.

2. Those who bring their own computing equipment will have the opportunity to load the ITK/VTK/XIP tools on their computers and to experiment with the tools during this ‘hands-on’ learning lab. In order to streamline the process of installing the software, we encourage people to either:

a. Install XIP prior to coming to the meeting, using links and instructions provided on http://www.openxip.org (under construction), at http://erl.wustl.edu/research/xip.html, or at https://cabig.nci.nih.gov/tools/XIP. Note that a new release of the software will be coming at SIIM 2009 time, so it is best to install or update the week before SIIM, if possible.

b. Install XIP during SIIM 2009, but prior to coming to the learning lab. Please stop by the caBIG® booth with your computer, and we will help you install it there, or come to the classroom a few minutes before the start of class.

3. We will be projecting all activities, for those who just want to watch and learn.

Faculty:
Lawrence R. Tarbox, PhD; Washington University School of Medicine (XIP)

Patric Ljung, PhD; Siemens Corporate Research

Objectives:

1. Develop a working knowledge of the uses of ITK/VTK and XIP.

2. Practice using ITK/VTK and XIP.