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Basic data

developer German Cancer-research center
Current  version 2018.04.2
( March 14, 2019 )
operating system Linux , macOS , Windows
programming language C ++
category Scientific visualization , program library
License BSD-like
German speaking No
www.mitk.org

MITK (Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit) is a program library for the development of image processing and visualization applications in the field of medical diagnosis and therapy support (especially in research). In addition, the MITK Workbench is an application that primarily serves to display images. Like other free software (e.g. OsiriX ), MITK and the applications it offers are not certified as a medical device and may therefore not be used to diagnose and treat patients (software based on MITK can still be manufactured as a medical device).

development

To install their own development environment (SDK) are CMake , VTK and ITK needed. It is recommended to install Qt in addition, in order to use all graphic functionalities.

Main application

In addition to the pure toolkit, MITK has an application framework on which the main application, MITK Workbench, is based. The framework is used to support application development of medical visualizations. The MITK Workbench has a modular structure and includes the following basic functionalities:

  1. Four-window display: is the core of the application. This includes three 2D views ( transverse plane , sagittal plane and coronal plane ) and one 3D. This is where navigation and interaction with the loaded data sets take place. This view can be customized
  2. Level window: After loading an image, the range of gray values ​​can be changed here.
  3. Menu: This allows data to be loaded, edited and saved.
  4. Datamanager: Serves to manage all loaded data records.
  5. Active modules: Shows the loaded modules and their functions.
  6. Working memory utilization: Since the image processing requires high computer capacities, there is a display for the utilization of the working memory.

The main application is designed so that any of the above parts can be moved around in the application window. This change is saved and called up again the next time the program is started.

Plugins

MITK contains a large number of its own plugins for the MITK Workbench in the repository. Developers can write their own plugins for them. A plug-in generator is supplied for this purpose .

Web links / sources

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mitk.org . (accessed on May 8, 2019).