Introduction
Over the past two years CSIRO researchers have amassed a large repository of medical imaging algorithms. To take advantage of each researcher’s algorithms, a common development platform has been created.
The purpose of the Cross Platform Medical Imaging Library (MILXTM) platform is to allow new researchers to start developing algorithms based on the existing code base in a time efficient manner, while enforcing a Software Engineering environment that ensures maintainable and tested code.
MILX™View
MILX™View is a 3D medical imaging analysis and visualization platform developed at CSIRO. It was developed to support internal research efforts, as well as to provide a viable system for clinical applications. MILX™View is designed to provide a familiar and intuitive user interface for radiologists and clinicians.
Features
- Cross-platform support for Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, and a variety of Linux distributions from a single source-base (current engineering priority is for Linux support).
- Support for medical image data in all major formats, including Analyze, DICOM, INR, MHD, and Nifti.
- Fully user-customizable layout and user interface.
- Orthogonal, 3D cross-section, and Maximum Intensity Projection (MIP) views.
- Manual linking and registration of two or more volumetric images.
- Plugin architecture for new algorithms developed by the BioMedIA Lab including Cortical Thickness Estimation(CTE) and Non-Rigid Registration (NRR).
MILX™View 2.2
Architecture
MILX™View is comprised of a core framework (viewer components and basic user interface) and a large number of plugin components that add visualization tools, user interface panels, image analysis functions or other functionalities.Underpinning the viewer are three main third-party libraries:
- The Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK), which provides extensive medical image analysis functionalities.
- The Visualization Toolkit (VTK), which supplies comprehensive rendering and visualization libraries for volumetric and mesh-structured images.
- The WxWidgets cross-platform user interface library.
MILX™View is a core tool of the MILX platform.
