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Hello Folks-<br><br>
The open-source Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK)
Version 1.0 is ready for immediate download. Please visit
<a href="http://www.itk.org/HTML/Download.php" eudora="autourl">http://www.itk.org/HTML/Download.php</a>
to obtain the software. (This site has a web page that gathers information to help developers and project managers understand the needs of the ITK community. For those who have completed this form before, you should be able to jump directly to the download site if you remembered to bookmark it.) You may also wish to obtain the software via CVS access, look at <a href="ftp://www.itk.org/pub/itk/GettingStarted.txt" eudora="autourl">ftp://www.itk.org/pub/itk/GettingStarted.txt</a> for instructions on obtaining the software via CVS. Make sure that you use the recent release of CMake (version 1.4.6) available from <a href="http://www.cmake.org/" eudora="autourl">www.cmake.org</a> to manage the ITK compilation process.<br><br>
Changes to the software from the previous 0.7 release include a large number of changes related to stability, style, and correctness; the addition of several new algorithms; support for the Borland compiler; support for MacOSX Jaguar; support for the MS .NET compiler; addition of install targets on Unix; and improvements to CABLE (including a itktcl executable); const correctness; refactoring of the iterator hierarchy; reworking the build process to consolidate the binaries and libraries into a single directory; and the addition of several examples. <br><br>
ITK was created from the generous funding of The US National Library of Medicine at the National Institutes of Health and sponsoring organizations (see http://www.itk.org/HTML/Sponsors.htm) with Dr. Terry Yoo of NLM/NIH serving as project manager. Six prime organizations, three corporate (Kitware, GE Global Research, and Insightful) and three academic (University of North Carolina, University of Utah, and University of Pennsylvania) created the software. (See http://www.itk.org/HTML/About.htm for more information.) The goals for the project include the following: <br><br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Support the Visible Human Project. <br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Establish a foundation for future research. <br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Create a repository of fundamental algorithms. <br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Develop a platform for advanced product development. <br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Create conventions for future work. <br>
<font face="Symbol">·<x-tab> </x-tab></font>Grow a self-sustaining community of software users and developers. <br><br>
Learn more at <a href="http://www.itk.org/" eudora="autourl">www.itk.org</a>. Enjoy ITK !!!<br><br>
Will<br><br>
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William J. Schroeder, Ph.D.<br>
Kitware, Inc.<br>
469 Clifton Corporate Parkway<br>
Clifton Park, NY 12065<br>
will.schroeder@kitware.com<br>
1-518-371-3971 x102 (phone)<br>
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