ITK/Course Georgetown 2005

ITK intensive course

Organization

Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center

Department of Radiology

Georgetown University Medical Center,

http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/

November 8-9, 2005

Context

ITK is an open-source software toolkit for performing registration and segmentation. ITK is implemented in C++. ITK is cross-platform, using the CMake build environment to manage the configuration process. In addition, an automated wrapping process generates interfaces between C++ and interpreted programming languages such as Tcl, Java, and Python. This enables developers to create software using a variety of programming languages. ITK's C++ implementation style is referred to as generic programming (i.e., using templated code). Such C++ templating means that the code is highly efficient, reusable, and that many software problems are discovered at compile-time, rather than at run-time during program execution. Because ITK is an open-source project, developers from around the world can use, debug, maintain, and extend the software. ITK uses a model of software development referred to as extreme programming. Extreme programming collapses the usual software creation methodology into a simultaneous and iterative process of design-implement-test-release

Objectives of the course

This intensive course aims both at giving a brief introduction to ITK for new and potential users, as well as in-depth details on advanced ITK programming for ITK developers. Moreover, a special session will be dedicated to the link between ITK and different medical image viewers. The course will include plenary presentation by specialists from Kitware Inc. (http://www.kitware.com) as well as hands-on exercises on real, practical problems in medical imaging.

Organization

The course is organised by the Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center, at the Department of Radiology, Georgetown University Medical Center,

http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/

in collaboration with Kitware Inc.

http://www.kitware.com/

Instructors

Instructors will be

• Luis Ibanez, Kitware Inc,
• Andinet Enquobaharie, Kitware Inc,
• Julien Jomier, CADDLab UNC

Preliminary program

Tuesday, November 8th, 2005:

• sessions for ITK beginners and users
• session on medical image viewers, including the 3D Slicer and Medical Studio
• Session on design
  • An Introduction to Design Patterns: the ITK design patterns
  • Definition of the library structure blocks for developer level
  • hands-on exercises
  • welcome reception & poster session by the participants

Friday, November 9th, 2005: advanced programming

• Session on implementation:
  • Advanced programming concepts, including filter programming, programming templates, Multithreaded implementation in ITK, Basics on the test environment
  • Code optimization
  • Hands-on exercises
• Session on Library novelties
  • New classes
  • Working progress and general future plans
  • Practical case session I

Venue and accommodation

The course will be held at Georgetown University in Washington DC.

  ISIS Center
  Department of Radiology, 
  Georgetown University Medical Center
  2115 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 
  Suite 603
  Washington, DC 20057
  Tel: (202) 687-5990 
  Fax: (202) 784-3479

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Lausanne is a beautiful city in the heart of western Switzerland on the shores of Lake Geneva. It is easy to reach from anywhere – by road (the A1/E25 and A9/E27 motorways), by rail (both the Swiss Federal Railway network and the French TGV Paris-Milan line) and by air (just 40 miles from Geneva-Cointrin International Airport). Lausanne is also close to many popular excursion destinations such as Montreux and Chillon Castle, Zermatt and the Matterhorn, the Jungfrau and Lucerne, the historical hamlet of Gruyères, the Les Diablerets Glacier, the Vaud Alps and the famous French resort of Chamonix.

A list of selected hotels will be provided. Moreover, low cost student accommodation will be proposed.

Registration

Registration and registration fees: will be published later on http://itk.epfl.ch Attendance will be limited. Potential participants are invited to send already an email to JP.Thiran@epfl.ch for declaring their interest and receiving updated information when available.

For more information: Please visit regularly our web page: http://itk.epfl.ch

Nearby Hotels

Hotel List (listed by prices)

 Holiday Inn
 2101 Wisconsin Ave. N.W.
 Washington, DC 20007
 1-202-338-4600
 $156.66 a night
 http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/wasgt?irs=y

 Wyndham Washington, DC
 1400 M Street, Nw
 Washington, DC 20005
 (202) 429-1700
 $184 a night (offer a AAA discount)
 http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/DCAHT/main.wnt

 Westin Grand
 2350 M Street NW
 Washington DC 20037
 202-429-0100
 $219 a night   http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?requestedChainCode=WI&requestedAffiliationCode=WI&goToRooms=yes&lengthOfStay=1&numberOfRooms=1&numberOfAdults=1&arrivalDate=2005-09-28&departureDate=2005-09-29&rpoi=&propertyID=1013&rcdi=&linkbrand=&fromSearch=22XX&sherlockRatePlanID=&sherlockMiniRate=&sherlockRoomType=&sherlockBedType=&iATANumber=&corporateAccountNumber=&propertyDistance=&propertyDistanceInUnits=&requestType=page&page=&ratePlanName=&roomOccupancyTotal=1

 Westin Embassy Road
 2100 Mass Ave NW
 Washington DC 20008
 (202) 293-2100
 $229 a night
 http://www.starwoodhotels.com/westin/search/hotel_detail.html?requestedChainCode=WI&requestedAffiliationCode=WI&goToRooms=yes&lengthOfStay=3&numberOfRooms=1&numberOfAdults=1&arrivalDate=2005-11-09&departureDate=2005-11-12&rpoi=&propertyID=245&rcdi=&linkbrand=&fromSearch=22XX&sherlockRatePlanID=&sherlockMiniRate=&sherlockRoomType=&sherlockBedType=&iATANumber=&corporateAccountNumber=&propertyDistance=&propertyDistanceInUnits=&requestType=page&page=&ratePlanName=&roomOccupancyTotal=1

 Marriott Georgetown University Conference Center
 3800 Reservoir Road Northwest
 Washington, DC 20057
 1-202-687-3200
 $259 a night for the 9th and 10th,  149 a night for the 11th 
 http://marriott.com/property/propertypage.mi?marshaCode=WASGU

 The Georgetown Inn
 1310 Wisconsin Avenue. N.W.
  Washington, DC 20007
 (202) 424-2979
 $235.67 a night

 The Fairmont Washington
 2401 M Street
 Washington, DC 20007
 (202) 429-2400
 $499 a night
 http://www.fairmont.com/washington/

Often hotels near the Key Bridge are significantly less expensive, so I also included a list of those as well:

 Best Western Key Bridge 
 1850 North Fort Myer Drive, Arlington, VA 22219
 (703)522-0400
 $119.00 per night
 http://book.bestwestern.com/bestwestern/productInfo.do;jsessionid=251A0AE051D6E8759F4E134D2466A25A?propertyCode=47096

 Holiday Inn Rosslyn @Key Bridge, Va
 1900 N. Fort Myer Dr., Arlington, VA 22209
 1-703-8072000
 153.28 a night
 http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/waswp?irs=y