Algorithms, Adapters, and Data Distribution Outreach 2010 (A2D2) - Ohio State

为了继续在国家研究界提供图像分析软件开发领域的领导地位，国家医学图书馆（NLM）目前正在修订和更新其开源图像处理应用程序编程接口（API），称为Insight Toolkit（ITK）。NLM已经确定，现在是时候重新审视工具包的基础，以确保其在未来十年的可行性。自ITK最初设计以来的十年间，计算技术取得了根本性的进步，包括多核微处理器、64位CPU架构的出现以及能够进行通用计算的图形处理单元（GPU）的激增。NLM正在为一个主要的新软件版本ITK 4.0（ITK-v4）提供资金，该版本将利用这些新兴的计算技术。

In order to continue to provide leadership within the national research community in the area of software development for image analysis, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) is currently revising and updating its open-source image processing application programmers interface (API), known as the Insight Toolkit (ITK). NLM has determined that it is time to revisit the foundations of the toolkit to assure its viability for the next ten years. In the intervening decade since the original design of ITK, computing technologies have made radical advances including the advent of multi-core microprocessors, 64-bit CPU architectures, and a proliferation of graphics processing units (GPUs) capable of general purpose computing. NLM is in the process of funding a major new software release, ITK version 4.0 (ITK-v4), which will take advantage of these emerging computing technologies.