<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; ">We are holding a contest to find the best biomedical visualization<br>that was made using the freely-available, open-source Insight Toolkit<br>(<a href="http://www.itk.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.itk.org</a>) or Visualization Toolkit (<a href="http://www.vtk.org" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.vtk.org</a>).<br>
<br> * First-place prize is $750 and a shirt or hat with the Kitware logo.<br> * Second-place prize is $250 and a shirt or hat with the Kitware logo.<br> * Select entries will also appear on the Kitware website<br><br> * Submissions must be received by September 10th, 2009<br>
<br> * Winners will be announced at the 2009 MICCAI conference<br><br>The contest website is:<br><br> <a href="http://www.kitware.com/ImageVote/" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(42, 93, 176); ">http://www.kitware.com/ImageVote/</a><br>
<br>Entries will be judged based on scientific significance, the use of<br>ITK or VTK, and aesthetics. More information is given below and on<br>the contest website:<br> * Visualizations may be charts, graphs, photographs, or renderings<br>
from the biomedical field.<br> * You may submit more than one visualization.<br> * You must explain how VTK and/or ITK played a role in generating<br>your visualizations.<br> * Images from open-source and commercial applications that use ITK<br>
and VTK are eligible, including:<br> * 3D Slicer<br> * Osirix<br> * BioImageXD<br> * MedINRIA<br> * Farsight<br> * VisTrails<br> * caBIG-XIP<br> * VR-Render<br> * ParaView<br> * VolView<br>
* Public voting will be used by a panel of expert judges to<br>determine the winners.<br> * Images generated by Kitware employees are not eligible.<br> * Anyone may submit visualizations and cast votes, after registering<br>
on this website.<br> * Registration is free.<br><br>As you prepare your presentations for MICCAI, SPIE Medical Imaging,<br>and other events, consider entering the best of your visualizations in<br>the contest!<br><br>We look forward to seeing your entries!<br>
<br>Best regards,<br>The Kitware Team<br><br></span>