<p>hi,</p><p>I wish vtk/itk was around when I worked on my M.S in '01; definitely more conducive for medical image processing.</p><p>My suggestion would be to go with whatever works best for your needs.</p><p>-Cartik</p><p>On Sat, 16 May 2009 21:45:30 +0430 "Hossein Ghadiri" <hossein.ghadiri@gmail.com />wrote: <br />>Cartik, <br />> <br />>Thanks for your info, <br />> <br />>I'm not very old in VTK/ITK, <br />> <br />>I'm C++ programmer and trying to develop a <br />>Quantitative Computed Tomography <br />>software package including a little processing & <br />>visualization. <br />> <br />>If IDL can aim me to my target easier than VTK/ITK <br />>please let me know. <br />> <br />>I found VTK using in MFC very inertial and my problems <br />>in this issue is <br />>continuing. <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Hossein <br />> <br />>Medical Physics PhD candidate <br />> <br />>IUMS <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />> _____ <br />> <br />>From: Cartik Sharma [mailto:csharma@simquest.com] <br />>Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 8:45 PM <br />>To: Hossein Ghadiri; vtkusers@vtk.org <br />>Subject: Re: [vtkusers] IDL vs VTK-ITK <br />> <br />> <br />> <br />>Hi Hossein, <br />> <br />>IDL is a useful tool geared towards medical image <br />>processing, as well as <br />>handling of large astronomical datasets. <br />> <br />>IDL is Fortran and C based so if you are a fortran <br />>programmer and interested <br />>in "lean routines" to accomplish numerical analysis <br />>then you'll like IDL. <br />> <br />>I'm an IDL programmer migrating towards ITK/VTK <br />>development. They both have <br />>their strengths. <br />> <br />>VTK has a richer set of classes, multiple intrepreted <br />>language support, <br />>strong integration from 3rd party libraries such as <br />>afsl <br />> <br />>and contributons from a wide open source community. <br />> <br />>I think I'll continue being an idl developer for <br />>prototyping programs till I <br />>fully migrate to ITK/VTK. <br />> <br />>Best regards, <br />> <br />>Cartik <br />> <br />>On Fri, 15 May 2009 12:57:27 +0430 "Hossein Ghadiri" <br />>wrote: <br />>>All, <br />>> <br />>>If some one has any experiences working with IDL, <br />>give <br />>>me some notes. <br />>> <br />>>Are they comparable? What can do IDL that VTK-ITK can <br />> <br />>>not? <br />>> <br />>>Is it on C++ platform or stand on another languages? <br />>> <br />>>Best <br />>> <br />>>Hossein Ghadiri <br />>> <br />>> <br />>> <br />>> <br />>> <br />> <br />>Cartik S. Sharma <br />> <br />>Sr. Developer <br />> <br />>SimQuest LLC <br />> <br />>(301).587.9440 extn 11 <br />> </p><p>Cartik S. Sharma</p><p>Sr. Developer</p><p>SimQuest LLC</p><p>(301).587.9440 extn 11</p>