View source for ITKu, minimalist commandline tools using ITK (Raul San-Jose Estepar)

== Introduction ==

This project pursues a command line interface ala unu developed by Gordon Kindlmann such as different commands get together in a pipeline style interface.

== Project Plan ==

[[Media:ITKuProjectPlan.ppt| Project Plan]]

== Goals ==

* Create nD itkImage: IO with ITK IO Factory, raw IO.
* Manage nD itkImage: permutation, splitting of axis.
* Conversion between PixelTypes.
* Integration of basic ITK filters (proof of concept).
** Example:

 itku filter -f VectorGradientAnisotropicDiffusionImageFilter \
     -i image.mhd \
     -NumberOfIteratons 10 \
     -TimeStep .1 \
   > out.mhd

== Post-Programming-Week ==

* Building Teem in CMake; need its "hest" command-line parser. Mostly done, some wrinkles still being worked out as time permits.
* Did create, with Jim Miller's help, a minimal framework for doing dynamic loading of compiled filters (instantiated for a range of image types and dimensions)
* Realized that reading and writing images via stdout and stdin is not standard in ITK. Considered teaching ITK that "-" means stdin/stdout and the NRRD format.

TODO: Create a minimal example of using a diffusion filter (as above)