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= Image Analysis for Medical Research = | = Image Analysis for Medical Research = | ||
This course introduces attendees to open-source, freely available toolkits | This course introduces attendees to open-source, freely available toolkits for pre-clinical medical image analysis and visualization. | ||
== Course overview == | == Course overview == | ||
Date | |||
* | * March 1 and 2, 2007 | ||
Location | |||
* ILS, Inc. - Research Triangle Park, NC | |||
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* ITK's image registration tools, segmentation tools, and derived tools | * ITK's image registration tools, segmentation tools, and derived tools | ||
* Kitware's [http://www.kitware.com/products/volview.html VolView] and [http://www.paraview.org ParaView] applications | * Kitware's [http://www.kitware.com/products/volview.html VolView] and [http://www.paraview.org ParaView] applications | ||
== Agenda == | == Agenda == | ||
The following agenda is tentative. A short survey is | The following agenda is tentative. A short survey is included with the enrollment form, and your answers will influence the final agenda. | ||
* Day 1 (8:00am - 5:00pm) | * Day 1 (8:00am - 5:00pm) | ||
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** Insight Segmentation | ** Insight Segmentation | ||
** Insight Registration | ** Insight Registration | ||
== Enroll == | == Enroll == | ||
'''Download enrollment form and survey''' ''(coming soon!)'' | '''Download enrollment form and survey''' ''(coming soon!)'' | ||
Cost per attendee is being finalized. | |||
In addition to two days of instruction, attendees will receive | In addition to two days of instruction, attendees will receive | ||
* The Insight Software Guide (over 850 pages with illustrations) | * The Insight Software Guide (over 850 pages with illustrations) | ||
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== Instructors == | == Instructors == | ||
* Stephen R. Aylward, Ph.D., is Chief Medical Scientist at Kitware, Inc. He also serves as President of the Insight Software Consortium, a non-profit organization that promotes open-source software for medical image analysis. Dr. Aylward was a tenured Associate Professor of Radiology, Computer Science, and Surgery at UNC prior to joining Kitware. | * Stephen R. Aylward, Ph.D., is Chief Medical Scientist at Kitware, Inc. He also serves as President of the Insight Software Consortium, a non-profit organization that promotes open-source software for medical image analysis. Dr. Aylward was a tenured Associate Professor of Radiology, Computer Science, and Surgery at UNC prior to joining Kitware. | ||
* | * Julien Jomier is Staff Research Scientist at Kitware, Inc. and a lead developer of ITK. | ||
* Jean-Philippe Guyon is lead image analysis scientist at ILS, Inc. He is also a contributor to ITK and VTK. | * Jean-Philippe Guyon is lead image analysis scientist at ILS, Inc. He is also a contributor to ITK and VTK. | ||
Latest revision as of 19:24, 11 June 2007
Image Analysis for Medical Research
This course introduces attendees to open-source, freely available toolkits for pre-clinical medical image analysis and visualization.
Course overview
Date
- March 1 and 2, 2007
Location
- ILS, Inc. - Research Triangle Park, NC
Throughout the course, emphasis will be placed on solving real-world research problems and on providing hands-on experience.
Driving research problems to be addressed include:
- Small animal image analysis
- Tumor volume estimation and tracking
- CT/PET image registration
- Histology reconstruction
Technologies covered include:
- CT, MR, PET image processing
- Web-based image collection, distribution, and archiving.
- The Insight Toolkit for medical image segmentation and registration (ITK)
- The Visualization Toolkit (VTK)
- ITK's image registration tools, segmentation tools, and derived tools
- Kitware's VolView and ParaView applications
Agenda
The following agenda is tentative. A short survey is included with the enrollment form, and your answers will influence the final agenda.
- Day 1 (8:00am - 5:00pm)
- Introduction to ILS and Kitware
- Open-source challenges and opportunities in medical image analysis
- Medical image data
- CT, MR, PET, etc.
- Trends in medical image analysis
- Web-based image archives
- Applications for image analysis
- VolView, ParaView, Vetot, Snap, ImageRegTool
- An intro to ITK Programming
- Day 2 (8:00am - 2:00pm)
- Open-source resources for medical image analysis
- Dashboards and CMake
- Insight Segmentation
- Insight Registration
Enroll
Download enrollment form and survey (coming soon!)
Cost per attendee is being finalized.
In addition to two days of instruction, attendees will receive
- The Insight Software Guide (over 850 pages with illustrations)
- The Visualization Toolkit User’s Guide.
- Access to open-source software on the web
Attendees are expected to bring a high-end laptop computer with wireless connectivity.
Space is very limited, so register early to ensure availability.
For more information contact
Jean-Philippe Guyon
ILS, Inc.
(919) 281-1110
jguyon@ils-inc.com
Instructors
- Stephen R. Aylward, Ph.D., is Chief Medical Scientist at Kitware, Inc. He also serves as President of the Insight Software Consortium, a non-profit organization that promotes open-source software for medical image analysis. Dr. Aylward was a tenured Associate Professor of Radiology, Computer Science, and Surgery at UNC prior to joining Kitware.
- Julien Jomier is Staff Research Scientist at Kitware, Inc. and a lead developer of ITK.
- Jean-Philippe Guyon is lead image analysis scientist at ILS, Inc. He is also a contributor to ITK and VTK.
