<div>Hi Félix,</div>
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<div>Thanks for the informaiton. Right now I am analyzing the technologies that has been used to see which one is better for my requirements. I will keep SimpleITK also an option.</div>
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<div>Thanks,</div>
<div>Santhosh<br></div>
<div class="gmail_quote">2012/3/14 Félix C. Morency <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:felix.morency@gmail.com">felix.morency@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
<blockquote style="BORDER-LEFT:#ccc 1px solid;MARGIN:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;PADDING-LEFT:1ex" class="gmail_quote">I would like to mention that you can use the VTK/ITK Python wrappers<br>for rapid application prototyping.<br><br>
You could also keep an eye on SimpleITK [1], a simplified layer on top of ITK.<br><br>[1]: <a href="http://www.simpleitk.org/" target="_blank">http://www.simpleitk.org/</a><br><br>-Félix<br><br>2012/3/14 Dženan Zukić <<a href="mailto:dzenanz@gmail.com">dzenanz@gmail.com</a>>:<br>
> You are right about no drag and drop for VTK. However, most of us use Qt for<br>> UI - it combines quite well with VTK. If you are familiar with Qt it is<br>> easy. If you are not, stick with what you know.<br>
><br>> 2012/3/14 Santhosh Ramankutty <<a href="mailto:arsanthosh@gmail.com">arsanthosh@gmail.com</a>><br>>><br>>> Hello Dženan,<br>>><br>>> Thank you for your response. I will consider your points. Right now I am<br>
>> more inclined towards creating UI using WPF SlimDX. Because creating UI will<br>>> be much faster I believe. But I am planning to try ITK+VTK also to see its<br>>> advantages, from my understanding VTK UI development will be more time<br>
>> consuming, due to learning curve and there is no drag and drop options to<br>>> create the UI. Please correct me if I am wrong.<br>>><br>>> Thanks,<br>>> Santhosh.<br>>> 2012/3/13 Dženan Zukić <<a href="mailto:dzenanz@gmail.com">dzenanz@gmail.com</a>><br>
>>><br>>>> ITK relies on GDCM to read DICOM files. Instead of ITK, you could use<br>>>> GDCM directly.<br>>>><br>>>> Unless you need something other than 2D and 3D visualization (such as<br>
>>> audio, video playback etc), I would go with ITK+VTK. There is some<br>>>> redundancy and an occasional problem, but they cooperate easier than, let's<br>>>> say, ITK+OSG.<br>>>><br>
>>> On Mon, Mar 12, 2012 at 17:15, Santhosh Ramankutty <<a href="mailto:arsanthosh@gmail.com">arsanthosh@gmail.com</a>><br>>>> wrote:<br>>>>><br>>>>> Hello,<br>>>>><br>
>>>> I am a newbie to ITK. I am in the research phase to decide on what<br>>>>> technologies to use for my requirements.<br>>>>> Hope this is a correct place to ask these questions, if not please let<br>
>>>> me know a correct forum to ask these questions.<br>>>>><br>>>>> My requirement is:<br>>>>> 1. Read Dicom files<br>>>>> 2. Display Dicom image/series in an UI<br>
>>>> 3. Customizable UI to use the Dicom images and get input from UI. Save<br>>>>> the UI settings etc.<br>>>>> 4. Software is for Windows OS, preferably for other OS's also,<br>>>>><br>
>>>> To do the above requirements, I found following ways that are possible:<br>>>>> 1. SlimDX and ITK<br>>>>> 2. VTK and ITK<br>>>>><br>>>>> My question is:<br>
>>>> Can I use SlimDX API's to display Dicom images without ITK? or I have to<br>>>>> use ITK to get the Dicom info. From my understanding Dicom can be read using<br>>>>> ITK only, am I correct?<br>
>>>> Which is better VTK and ITK or SlimDX and ITK, or there is a better<br>>>>> option than this?<br>>>>> Are there any resources in the web that can help me make a good<br>>>>> decision?<br>
>>>><br>>>>> Your advise on this is greatly appreciated.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Thanks,<br>>>>> Santhosh.<br>>>>><br>>>>><br>>>>> _____________________________________<br>
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