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CTK - The Common Toolkit

The goal of CTK is to support biomedical image computing. CTK code is licensed under Apache 2.0. This means that users of CTK are allowed to use the code for academic, commercial, or other purposes without paying license fees or being restricted in their ability to redistribute their code or keep it private.

CTK works on topics that are not covered by existing toolkits that support the mutual interest and needs of the CTK community. The main scope of current CTK efforts includes the topics DICOM, DICOM Application Hosting, Widgets, and Plugin Framework.

DICOM

Provides high-level classes supporting query and retrieve operations from PACS and local databases. Includes Qt widgets to easily set-up a server connection and to send queries and view the results. DCMTK is used as the underlying toolkit. Read more...

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DICOM Application Hosting

Aims at creating a C++ reference implementation of the DICOM Part 19 Application Hosting specifications. It provides an infrastructure to create both hosts and hosted applications. The project is still in alpha status but may be useful for conformance testing and initial experimentation. Read more...

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Widgets

A collection of Qt Widgets for usage in biomedical imaging applications. Read more...

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Plugin Framework

A dynamic component system for C++, modeled after the OSGi specifications. It enables a development model where applications are (dynamically) composed of many different (reusable) components following a service oriented approach Read more...

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The goals of CTK are as follows:

Provide a unified set of basic programming constructs that are useful for medical imaging applications development
Facilitate the exchange and combination of code and data
Document, integrate, and adapt successful solutions
Avoid the duplication of code and data
Continuously extend to new tasks within the scope of the toolkit (medical imaging) without burdening existing tasks

Find out more about CTK by reading the CTK Roadmap Document

Overview


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Note: CTK is currently in a pre-alpha state, meaning that the code is expected to be in constant flux and the exact feature set has not been finalized. Use with care.