ITK/Release 4 Planning

ITK Version 4

This work is supported by ARRA funding from the NLM. The kick-off meeting for this project took place from June 28-July 2 2010 in Bethesda. A beta version of the software will be available by the end of March 2011. Bug fixes will continue to be contributed to the ITK version 3 code.

• Adopt a modern revision control system
  • Move from cvs to git for distributed source code management
• Take advantage of advances in C++
  • Target popular compilers that are compatible with the C++98 and/or C++03 standard (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B03#Language_standard).
  • Specifically remove support for Visual Studio prior to 7.1 (e.g., 6 and 7.0), Borland version 5.5, Sun Studio compilers prior to 5.9, IRIX compilers, MWORKS compilers, and gcc prior to 3.4
• Improved ITK Wrapping
  • Wrapping
  • Particularly for Python
• Addition of Simple ITK Layer
  • A matlab-like interface to ITK
• Refactor for Modularity
  • ITKCore, ITKRegistrationModule, and Optional Modules
• Enhanced project management tools and software processes
  • Particularly to support module development, testing, and maintenance
• Refactoring itk::FEM framework - V4
• Refactoring Level-Set framework - V4
• Improved DICOM support
  • DICOM
  • Including communications with PACS
  • Support Streaming interface
  • Add filter to support Siemens MOSAIC images
  • Information Object Definition verification
• New unit testing framework based on Google Test
• Add streaming for GPU-based data/methods
  • With support for distributed computing in the future
• Enhanced image registration framework

Wish List

Wish List

Migration Plan

Migration Plan

A2D2 Projects

A2D2 Projects

New Fields

ITKv4 will provide improved support for

• Video
• Microscopy
• Remote Sensing

Discussion Points

Discussion Points