[Insight-users] 3D thinning algorithm (skeletonization)

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Alex,

Your point is well taken.

We certainly rely on user's feedback in order to
move contributions from the Insight Journal into
the toolkit.

The process is describe here:
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_Procedure_for_Contributing_New_Classes_and_Algorithms


The first thing you can do to help is to write
a review for this paper, and emphasize that
you found the code to be useful.


Yet another way to help is to join the developers
team, by signing up for:

http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK#Adopt-A-Bug_2.0

At which point you could move this algorithm
into ITK by yourself (in coordination with other
developers, of course).


We are actively looking for new developers
and we appreciate all the help that we can get.


See "Opening Open Source"
http://www.kitware.com/blog/home/post/13


By getting involved as a developer you help
ensure that ITK will continue providing the
functionalities that you need.

Give it a try !

Joining is easy:
http://www.itk.org/Wiki/ITK_10th_Anniversary_Activities/Adopt-A-Bug_2.0#Adoption_Paper_Work


     Regards,


           Luis


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On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Oleksandr Dzyubak <adzyubak at gmail.com>wrote:

>
> Dear colleagues,
>
> This email was inspired by my recent upgrade to ITK 3.18
> that caused some my algorithms stopped working
> whereas the other started working incorrectly.
>
> Ultimately I figured out that partly the reason for this is that
> whenever the community and developers find some
> work around or  the bug fix, I just overwrite the headers and templates
> and still keep "old" release. Bad practice.
>
> That is exactly what happened to the "BinaryThinning" algorithm.
> Couple years ago I tested the "Implementation of a 3D thinning algorithm"
> by Hanno Homann (http://hdl.handle.net/1926/1292).
> It worked so great that I just carelessly overwrote
> the release in-stock "BinaryThinning" algorithm
> and happily used that algorithm for couple years.
>
> Since I did not have any doubts that this algorithm is now
> a native part of the ITK library,  I was  surprised very much
> when found that my programs do not work anymore after
> I made upgrade to ITK-3.18.  And it took a  while before I understood why.
>
> Surprisingly the  algorithm by Hanno Homman did not get into 3.18.
> Which is more, still there is no even a review /request for that algorithm.
>
> How do the algorithms get into the ITK library?
> Is that the review which initializes the process?
> Can I promote the algorithm by writing a review?
>
> Regards,
>
> Alex
>
>
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