1. NA-MIC National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Kitware, Inc. Core 2 Engineering William J. Schroeder

2. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org About Kitware Small company founded in 1998 Expertise in –Medical image analysis –Data visualization –Parallel computing –Software process Open source business model –Consulting / service –Value-added proprietary products

3. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Expertise Medical Imaging Software Process Super Computing Software Quality Collaboration System Integration Cross-Platform Packaging Adaptibility Large data Parallel computing Client / Server Web / grid architectures

4. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Customers Research –NIH, NSF, DOD, DOE –US National Labs (LANL, Sandia, Livermore, Argonne) –University Collaboration: UNC, RPI, Brigham, OSU, MSU Commercial –Oil & Gas –Numerical Simulation –Mapping –Industrial inspection –Pharma –Animal imaging –PACS

5. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org NAMIC Role (Core 2) Software Process –Quality (test-driven, agile methods) –Cross-platform development Develop/Support/Extend open source tools –VTK (Visualization Toolkit) –ITK (Insight Segmentation & Registration Toolkit) –CMake, CTest, CPack –Interaction (3D Widgets, KWWidgets)

6. National Alliance for Medical Image Computing http://na-mic.org Beyond NAMIC Establish de facto open source standards –Software process –Medical image analysis –Large data visualization –Leverage resulting service business Value-added commercial solutions –VolView (medical visualization) –ParaView (large, parallel data visualization)