2008 June Workshop Germany

• Still tentative, approval pending

• When: June 16/17
• Where: Germany, specific location TBD

Venue

The location we have in mind is the IHK-Akademie Westerham. We have an option for the seminar room and hotel rooms for 30 people until March the 6th, i.e. we have to make the decision at latest during our next phone conference. Our guests would have the weekend in advance (14th and 15th) to recover from traveling and for leisure activities.

Introduction

This curriculum is intended as an introduction for scientists with engineering background who are considering using the NA-MIC kit as their software platform for research. The NA-MIC kit consists of free open source software without restrictions on use and without a give-back requirement. The NA-MIC kit is suited for academic or commercial activities.

The curriculum provides an overview over the technologies, toolkits and applications which are available in the NA-MIC kit. It is a hands-on curriculum and will require participants to attend with a suitable laptop, preloaded with software and sample data.

A working knowledge of C++ is a prerequisite for benefiting from the full curriculum.

Schedule

• March - Web site, Call for application
• April - announcement in Nassir's talk
• April 20 - deadline for application, selection Workshop
• Workshop: June 12 and 13

(Hata Jun 13 only)

Program

• Engineering methodology:
  • Extreme programming
  • What is a software engineering methodology, do I need one?
  • The components of the NA-MIC kit software engineering tools: CMAKE, CTEST, CPACK, Dashboards

• How to use ITK, VTK, XNAT and Batchmake
  • ITK
  • VTK
  • XNAT
  • Batchmake

• Slicer 3 introduction & capabilities
  • Slicer 3 architecture
  • Loading, Visualization
  • The EM segmenter in Slicer

• Slicer 3 IGT capabilities
  • Workflow engine
  • Real-time behavior
  • I/O to trackers, devices, and scanners
    • Synchronization
    • Output to alternative display devices, e.g. HMDs
  • Slicer demon
  • Lego robot tutorial as an example of robot control
  • Registration in the Slicer environment

• Plug-ins for Slicer 3
  • Introduction: Plug-ins as a way to interface external programs
  • How-to make a hello world plug-in

Attendees

1. Ron Kikinis
2. Steve Pieper
3. Noby Hata

Planning meeting

Feb 26, 2008 T-con