ITK/Release 4 Planning
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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
- Adopt a code review system
- 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
Migration Plan
A2D2 Projects
New Fields
ITKv4 will provide improved support for
