pyushkevich / itksnap

ITK-SNAP medical image segmentation tool
http://www.itksnap.org
GNU General Public License v3.0
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ITK-SNAP README

Welcome!

Thank you for your interest in ITK-SNAP! By using this program you are joining an ever growing community of users from research labs around the world. ITK-SNAP is an open-source software application made possible by the committment of dedicated developers, who often make contributions on a volunteer basis. Original development of ITK-SNAP was supported by the U.S. National Library of Medicine through PO 467-MZ-202446-1. Subsequent development of ITK-SNAP version 2.0 has been supported by the U.S. National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering and the NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience through grant 1 R03 EB008200-01. Development of ITK-SNAP versions 3.0 - 3.6 has been supported by the NIH grant 1R01 EB014346.

ITK-SNAP is the result of over 15 years of work by many researchers, software engineers and students. Please visit the Credits page to learn about the team that made ITK-SNAP possible!

Please remember to cite ITK-SNAP

Citations in published work is the best way for us to gauge ITK-SNAP impact. As of the Fall of 2016, ITK-SNAP has been cited by over 2000 papers. If you use ITK-SNAP for a publication, please cite the paper below.

Getting Started

ITK-SNAP was designed for ease of use. There are several resources to get started with it.

Asking Questions

If you have a question about ITK-SNAP, here are the places where you may find an answer. Keep in mind that since ITK-SNAP in not a commercial product, it may take some time for an answer to arrive.

Get Involved!

Your participation as a user, developer or sponsor is essential to ensuring a bright future for ITK-SNAP. There are many ways in which you can contribute to the stability and quality of this program: