Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit

ITK is an open-source, cross-platform system that provides developers with an extensive suite of software tools for image analysis. Developed through extreme programming methodologies, ITK employs leading-edge algorithms for registering and segmenting multidimensional data.

Segmentation is the process of identifying and classifying data found in a digitally sampled representation. Typically the sampled representation is an image acquired from such medical instrumentation as CT or MRI scanners. Registration is the task of aligning or developing correspondences between data. For example, in the medical environment, a CT scan may be aligned with a MRI scan in order to combine the information contained in both.

The goals for ITK include:

• Supporting the Visible Human Project.
• Establishing a foundation for future research.
• Creating a repository of fundamental algorithms.
• Developing a platform for advanced product development.
• Support commercial application of the technology.
• Create conventions for future work.
• Grow a self-sustaining community of software users and developers.