[Insight-users] Experts Opinion

[Félix C. Morency]

I would like to mention that you can use the VTK/ITK Python wrappers
for rapid application prototyping.

You could also keep an eye on SimpleITK [1], a simplified layer on top of ITK.

[1]: http://www.simpleitk.org/

-Félix

2012/3/14 Dženan Zukić <dzenanz at gmail.com>:
> You are right about no drag and drop for VTK. However, most of us use Qt for
> UI - it combines quite well with VTK. If you are familiar with Qt it is
> easy. If you are not, stick with what you know.
>
> 2012/3/14 Santhosh Ramankutty <arsanthosh at gmail.com>
>>
>> Hello Dženan,
>>
>> Thank you for your response. I will consider your points. Right now I am
>> more inclined towards creating UI using WPF SlimDX. Because creating UI will
>> be much faster I believe. But I am planning to try ITK+VTK also to see its
>> advantages, from my understanding VTK UI development will be more time
>> consuming, due to learning curve and there is no drag and drop options to
>> create the UI. Please correct me if I am wrong.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Santhosh.
>> 2012/3/13 Dženan Zukić <dzenanz at gmail.com>
>>>
>>> ITK relies on GDCM to read DICOM files. Instead of ITK, you could use
>>> GDCM directly.
>>>
>>> Unless you need something other than 2D and 3D visualization (such as
>>> audio, video playback etc), I would go with ITK+VTK. There is some
>>> redundancy and an occasional problem, but they cooperate easier than, let's
>>> say, ITK+OSG.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 17:15, Santhosh Ramankutty <arsanthosh at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am a newbie to ITK. I am in the research phase to decide on what
>>>> technologies to use for my requirements.
>>>> Hope this is a correct place to ask these questions, if not please let
>>>> me know a correct forum to ask these questions.
>>>>
>>>> My requirement is:
>>>> 1. Read Dicom files
>>>> 2. Display Dicom image/series in an UI
>>>> 3. Customizable UI to use the Dicom images and get input from UI. Save
>>>> the UI settings etc.
>>>> 4. Software is for Windows OS, preferably for other OS's also,
>>>>
>>>> To do the above requirements, I found following ways that are possible:
>>>> 1. SlimDX and ITK
>>>> 2. VTK and ITK
>>>>
>>>> My question is:
>>>> Can I use SlimDX API's to display Dicom images without ITK? or I have to
>>>> use ITK to get the Dicom info. From my understanding Dicom can be read using
>>>> ITK only, am I correct?
>>>> Which is better VTK and ITK or SlimDX and ITK, or there is a better
>>>> option than this?
>>>> Are there any resources in the web that can help me make a good
>>>> decision?
>>>>
>>>> Your advise on this is greatly appreciated.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Santhosh.
>>>>
>>>>
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