[Insight-users] Simple ITK vs Scripted ITK vs full ITK

[Matt McCormick]

Hi Michel,

Another ITK based course would be great!

SimpleITK is probably your best bet at this point.  It will remove
language hurtles that may cloud the learning process, and it still
provides a basis for what can easily be a full course.  The most
notable drawback right now with SimpleITK is a lack of registration
interfaces.  There is good Doxygen documentation, and the SimpleITK
developers are working on a user's guide and better in-language help.

The script-based ITK (WrapITK) is available, and it would not be a bad
choice either.  It removes the high programming bar for understanding
C++, templates, writing typedefs, ...  You can build the python
interface by setting ITK_WRAP_PYTHON to ON in the CMake configuration.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with ITK classic, either.  However,
the other interfaces may be more effective as a gateway drug other
than direct access to "the good stuff".

Best regards,
Matt

On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Audette, Michel A. <maudette at odu.edu> wrote:
> Dear ITK users and developers,
>
> I'm giving thought to producing a course similar to John Galeotti's at CMU, i.e. medical image analysis based on ITK, but I'm also considering whether to use Simple ITK, or scripted ITK (you guys are working on that, right?), vs ITK Classic.
>
> I want to give the students the full breadth of possibilities, but at the same time, if I can attract biology students to the class on the basis of a script-based course, that might a justification for opting for the scripting-based version.
>
> Can anyone give me a sense of how much ITK functionality I would be sacrificing if I opt for script-based ITK (what is it: python?) vs what will be available via C++-based ITK, Simple or otherwise?
>
> Thanks for your kind consideration.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Michel
>
> Michel Audette, Ph.D.
> Assistant Professor,
> Department of Modeling, Simulation and Visualization Engineering,
> Old Dominion University,
> Norfolk, VA.
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