SimpleITK/Tcon 2010 07 16

Tcon topics 7/16/2010

• IO class to combine ImageFileReader and ImageSeriesReader into a single class.
  • • Make this class in ITK proper first, then expose it in simple ITK.
• Namespace to use : "sitk" or "stk".
• Const-correctness: (yes)
• Thread-safety:
  • The same instance of the object can't be used from multiple-threads.
  • Multiple-threads can create instances of an object type.
• Testing
  • Based on the same testing framework as ITK.
  • Higher quality bar than ITK proper.
• Exposing basic types:
  • Avoid exposing low level types such as Region, Array...
• Registration
  • Implement pre-fabricated modules that contain a full registration framework
  • Used the Finder (dynamic registration) pattern to reduce compilation time (enable parallel compilation).
    • Finder will locate even internal components (such as interpolators) by name (using a string).
  • Should the output be a
    • Resampled Image ?
    • Transform ? ( <----This one )
    • Transform Parameters ?
  • There will be a simpleResample that takes a simpleTransform as argument
  • There will be simpleTransformReader & simpleTransformWriter
• Segmentation
  • Output should be a LabelMap (plus a naming convention)
    • Make this class in ITK proper first, then expose it in simple ITK.
    • Along with Readers and Writers.
  • "Feature" associated with every label.
  • The Registration resampler should be able to map label images as well (to map a segmentation from an atlas to a subject, for example).
  • Level Sets will be packaged at a modular level (with their preprocessing filters included).