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 20 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 Summer of 2024, ITK-SNAP has been cited by over 8000 papers.
If you use ITK-SNAP for a publication, please cite the paper below.
- Paul A. Yushkevich, Joseph Piven, Heather Cody Hazlett, Rachel Gimpel Smith,
Sean Ho, James C. Gee, and Guido Gerig. User-guided 3D active contour
segmentation of anatomical structures: Significantly improved efficiency and
reliability. Neuroimage. 2006 Jul 1; 31(3):1116-28.
Getting Started
ITK-SNAP was designed for ease of use. There are several resources to get
started with it.
- If you downloaded ITK-SNAP as a binary executable from
itksnap.org, you can get started
by reading the online tutorials.
- If you downloaded ITK-SNAP source code, please follow these online
instructions
to compile and build ITK-SNAP.
- You will need a 3D image to use this software. Images with which ITK-SNAP
is known to work are found on the ITK-SNAP download page
- There are also materials (images, exercises, video) from training courses
available on the documentation page.
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.
- If you have an question about how to use SNAP or why it's not doing what
it should, post in on the ITK-SNAP Users' List.
- If you have a technical question or a questing related to ITK, join the
ITK Users' Mailing List and
post your question there.
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:
For Developers
