[Insight-users] Need some advise

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Nuno,

There are certainly multiple options here,

So, let me suggest one of them only:


1) Combine ITK, VTK and Qt


2) Use them all at the C++ level


3) Use CMake for configuring them together
    (don't generate project from QtCreator, nor VStudio
     CMake can do this cleaner for you, and in a format
     that you can put in revision control (CVS/SVN/Git) )


4) If you need DICOM, ITK provides it via GDCM.
    If you need Query/Retrive, ITKv4 will have it by September.
    otherwise you should go with DCMTK


5) Should you pick DCMTK, then you should look at CTK

      http://www.commontk.org/index.php/Main_Page

     This library already combines VTK, Qt and DCMTK

      (I believe the MITK developers are also collaborating in CTK).


6)  Stay away from Tcl if you can.    :-)



     Luis



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On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:22 AM, Nuno Barros <nunopbarros at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I need some advise.
> I'm used to work with MATLAB in medical image processing but, in order to
> produce software applications capable of being introduced in a clinical
> environment I want to move to something more professional. The solution
> should gather:
> -speed
> -good documentation (I need to be able to learn by myself and found
> solutions for the problems that may occur)
> -flexibility for development of image processing functions
> -DICOM reader
> -GUI development tools
> I think I should use ITK, VTK and Qt, but I don't know what's the best
> solution to mix these libraries. I heard of different options and I want to
> know your opinion:
> - Should I build these libraries to write the program in Qt creator or in
> VS? (I was trying to build ITK with cmake using msys to go for the first
> solution (Qt creator) but I did not succeed)
> - MITK is a good solution?
> - Should I add other libraries like gdcm or dcmtk for DICOM reading? If yes,
> which one?
> - Should I use Tcl to simplify coding in VTK, or this will turn things even
> more complicated?
>
> I'm really confused because I see a lot of solutions and I don't want to
> take an option now that may lead me to a dead end.
> I don't if it helps but I'm working with Win7 x64 and VS10.
> Thanks, Nuno
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