CTK Integration Levels Overview

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CTK benefit for Host CTK benefit for App/Module
Level 1: DICOM Supplement 118
  • Host communication
  • Data preparation for DataExchange interface
  • Default implementation of host business logic
  • Application communication
  • Default implementation of application business logic
Level 2: Command line interface
  • parsing of parameter descriptions
  • GUI generation (optional)
  • publishing of parameter descriptions
Level 3: CTK event bus
  • publish and subscribe for arbitrary communication between modules and applications
  • possibly out of process
Level 4: CTK services
  • Component-based software development
  • Service discovery
  • Base services: event bus, configuration admin, logging, meta type management
Level 5: “Classic” C++
  • DICOM Q/R
  • Local DICOM file management (indexer, database …)
  • DICOM testing infrastructure
  • Qt widgets for DICOM, Medical Imaging applications …
  • Scripting support
  • Application launcher