# Community

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## [Building strong ties in the community with GitHub Community Health Files](https://discourse.itk.org/t/building-strong-ties-in-the-community-with-github-community-health-files/1834)

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**Author:** [@jhlegarreta](https://discourse.itk.org/u/jhlegarreta)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 3, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/building-strong-ties-in-the-community-with-github-community-health-files/1834 "2019-05-03T20:28:40Z")

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GitHub labels GitHub issues and pull requests can be labeled so that community members can clearly identify the areas the issues and contributions are related to. This helps a contributor grasp a clear picture of the t…

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## [Kitware Job Opportunity: R&D Engineer and Software Developer](https://discourse.itk.org/t/kitware-job-opportunity-r-d-engineer-and-software-developer/1816)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 26, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/kitware-job-opportunity-r-d-engineer-and-software-developer/1816 "2019-04-26T18:35:32Z")

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There are a few new opportunities to work in the Kitware Medical Group: R&D Engineer in Biomedical Image Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithm Development Software Developer - Medical Image Analysis and Visualizat…

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## [VTK image IO and direction matrix](https://discourse.itk.org/t/vtk-image-io-and-direction-matrix/1776)

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**Author:** [@ntustison](https://discourse.itk.org/u/ntustison)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [April 17, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/vtk-image-io-and-direction-matrix/1776 "2019-04-17T13:24:13Z")

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Hi all, In 2010 @blowekamp contributed a VTK Image IO module available here. I’m looking through the current incarnation and, unlike the ‘spacing’ and ‘origin’ information, can’t find where the direction is read in. A…

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## [VTK Examples](https://discourse.itk.org/t/vtk-examples/1783)

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**Author:** [@bill.lorensen](https://discourse.itk.org/u/bill.lorensen)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 12, 2019, 9:29pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/vtk-examples/1783 "2019-04-12T21:29:47Z")

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Folks, I enjoyed this week’s hack-a-thon celebrating 50,000 commits. It was great to put faces to some of the current contributors. I gave a quick example of the work we have done on the VTK Examples Project. Here are …

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## [ITK 50,000 Commit Celebration Hackathon](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-50-000-commit-celebration-hackathon/1737)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [April 10, 2019, 2:02pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-50-000-commit-celebration-hackathon/1737 "2019-04-10T14:02:15Z")

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Folks, Yesterday, we reached an epic milestone: With commit 17df267d7f8f5eb4a8073f600ca4295a1f5839f2 @hjmjohnson hit the 50,000’th commit in the ITK source code repository :tada: To celebrate 50,000 thoughts, 50,000 n…

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## [Miele-LXIV](https://discourse.itk.org/t/miele-lxiv/1713)

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**Author:** [@zdavatz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/zdavatz)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 27, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/miele-lxiv/1713 "2019-03-27T12:57:48Z")

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Hi I would like to announce the Miele-LXIV project, a 100% DICOM standard compliant image viewer for macOS. If you want build the project with all its dependencies yourself then start here: https://github.com/bettar/mi…

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## [Call for help: performance benchmarking results](https://discourse.itk.org/t/call-for-help-performance-benchmarking-results/1593)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 11, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/call-for-help-performance-benchmarking-results/1593 "2019-03-11T02:29:34Z")

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Hi folks, We need your help. A team of students from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill is developing an application to visualize the ITK performance benchmarks. This tool will help us understand how changes …

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## [ITK featured on Open Source Directions](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-featured-on-open-source-directions/1617)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 21, 2019, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-featured-on-open-source-directions/1617 "2019-02-21T22:13:19Z")

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Hi folks, We are honored to have ITK featured on upcoming episode of Open Source Directions tomorrow, February 22nd at 12 PM Eastern. Register for the event here. The episode will also be available on YouTube and the …

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## [Two-factor authentication required for InsightSoftwareConsortium GitHub Org](https://discourse.itk.org/t/two-factor-authentication-required-for-insightsoftwareconsortium-github-org/1581)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 19\
**Last updated:** [February 16, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/two-factor-authentication-required-for-insightsoftwareconsortium-github-org/1581 "2019-02-16T23:06:04Z")

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Hi folks, The community has been quite active on GitHub, and the project is growing! To improve our level of security, next week (Friday) I will enable the option on the InsightSoftwareConsortium to require two-factor …

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## [Check out open gerrit topics](https://discourse.itk.org/t/check-out-open-gerrit-topics/1597)

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**Author:** [@jhlegarreta](https://discourse.itk.org/u/jhlegarreta)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 14, 2019, 4:04am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/check-out-open-gerrit-topics/1597 "2019-02-14T04:04:31Z")

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Folks, is there a way to checkout open gerrit topics that were not transitioned to GitHub? I’d like to finish work that I left behind a while ago. Since gerrit was put to read-only mode, searches by keywords cannot be…

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## [GitHub bot to automatically close stale Issues and Pull Requests that tend to accumulate during a project](https://discourse.itk.org/t/github-bot-to-automatically-close-stale-issues-and-pull-requests-that-tend-to-accumulate-during-a-project/1592)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/github-bot-to-automatically-close-stale-issues-and-pull-requests-that-tend-to-accumulate-during-a-project/1592 "2019-02-11T16:37:01Z")

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As suggested by @hjmjohnson, the probot-stale GitHub App has been installed on the ITK repository. :octopus: :bread: :older\_adult: As described in its documentation, this adds a bot that does the following: After a p…

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## [Patches for ITK 4.13.2](https://discourse.itk.org/t/patches-for-itk-4-13-2/1582)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [February 11, 2019, 4:26pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/patches-for-itk-4-13-2/1582 "2019-02-11T16:26:17Z")

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Hi folks, The next patch (bugfix) release, ITK 4.13.2, is planned for February 19th. Patches currently staged on the Git release-4.13 branch are: Bai Shi (1): COMP: To fix compilation error of "cannot dynamic\_ca…

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## [CDash GitHub Check](https://discourse.itk.org/t/cdash-github-check/1564)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [February 5, 2019, 2:40pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/cdash-github-check/1564 "2019-02-05T14:40:26Z")

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Our CDash GitHub Check is back online, and improved! :tada: The status check is now listed as CDash: This status will be yellow (in progress), if there are expected builds in progress, red (failure) is any one of the…

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## [Index of Remote Modules](https://discourse.itk.org/t/index-of-remote-modules/1550)

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**Author:** [@phcerdan](https://discourse.itk.org/u/phcerdan)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [January 25, 2019, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/index-of-remote-modules/1550 "2019-01-25T20:46:11Z")

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It would be nice to keep a reference of existing external modules that do not have yet a ModuleName.remote.cmake in the Remote folder. Adding a status flag to each one could be a good extra!

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## [Proposal to add orientation to vtkImageData- Feedback Wanted](https://discourse.itk.org/t/proposal-to-add-orientation-to-vtkimagedata-feedback-wanted/1545)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
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**Last updated:** [January 24, 2019, 6:22pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/proposal-to-add-orientation-to-vtkimagedata-feedback-wanted/1545 "2019-01-24T18:22:57Z")

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Please, post comments directly on the associated VTK post: https://discourse.vtk.org/t/proposal-to-add-orientation-to-vtkimagedata-feedback-wanted/120 This will address a long-standing issue in the ITKVtkGlue bridge: lo…

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## [Gerrit Code Review read-only archive](https://discourse.itk.org/t/gerrit-code-review-read-only-archive/1469)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [January 14, 2019, 2:01am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/gerrit-code-review-read-only-archive/1469 "2019-01-14T02:01:55Z")

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Hi folks, Since we now use GitHub for code reviews :metal:, we are archiving the old http://review.source.kitware.com Gerrit Code Review instance. On Saturday, December 15th, the instance will be transitioned to a read-…

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## [New script for uploading binary testing data](https://discourse.itk.org/t/new-script-for-uploading-binary-testing-data/1484)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 18, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/new-script-for-uploading-binary-testing-data/1484 "2018-12-18T15:02:15Z")

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We now have a new script for uploading ITK binary testing data such as input and baseline images! To use the script, run ITK’s ./Utilities/SetupForDevelopment.sh to configure an account on the data.kitware.com Girder i…

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## [Discourse and itk.org expected downtime Saturday, December 15th, 2018](https://discourse.itk.org/t/discourse-and-itk-org-expected-downtime-saturday-december-15th-2018/1471)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [December 11, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/discourse-and-itk-org-expected-downtime-saturday-december-15th-2018/1471 "2018-12-11T19:25:23Z")

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Hi folks, Related to Kitware’s move to its new headquarters, www.itk.org, discourse.itk.org, data.kitware.com, and open.cdash.org will temporarily be offline on Saturday, December 15. We will set up a “we are moving” p…

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## [What is the right way (and what is the right time) to break backwards compatibility?](https://discourse.itk.org/t/what-is-the-right-way-and-what-is-the-right-time-to-break-backwards-compatibility/1460)

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**Author:** [@gdevenyi](https://discourse.itk.org/u/gdevenyi)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 6, 2018, 9:15pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/what-is-the-right-way-and-what-is-the-right-time-to-break-backwards-compatibility/1460 "2018-12-06T21:15:57Z")

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Just as the title says. Should you print a depreciation warning, for how long? What about when the code changes don’t break the old methods, just make the results they’re getting wrong? Do you explicitly break compilati…

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## [Possible error in itk::VectorContainer::End() function](https://discourse.itk.org/t/possible-error-in-itk-end-function/1458)

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**Author:** [@Johannes\_Keustermans](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Johannes_Keustermans)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [December 5, 2018, 4:55pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/possible-error-in-itk-end-function/1458 "2018-12-05T16:55:03Z")

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Hi, The current implementation of this function (the constant version) is as follows: “return ConstIterator( this-\>VectorType::size() - 1, this-\>VectorType::end() );” But should this not be “return ConstIterator( thi…

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## [Two ways to get an accepted patch into the master branch?](https://discourse.itk.org/t/two-ways-to-get-an-accepted-patch-into-the-master-branch/1456)

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**Author:** [@Niels\_Dekker](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Niels_Dekker)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [December 4, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/two-ways-to-get-an-accepted-patch-into-the-master-branch/1456 "2018-12-04T19:28:53Z")

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Just noticed there’s a slight difference between the way @matt.mccormick and @hjmjohnson moved a commit from a pull request of mine into the master: https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK/commits/master With M…

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## [Planning for ITK 5.0 Beta 2 and GitHub Milestones](https://discourse.itk.org/t/planning-for-itk-5-0-beta-2-and-github-milestones/1443)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/planning-for-itk-5-0-beta-2-and-github-milestones/1443 "2018-11-27T04:08:18Z")

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Hi folks, I am planning to release ITK 5 Beta 2 on December 18th with a focus on the GitHub transition. A GitHub Milestone was created to help organize issues for this release. If you plan on working on an issue for th…

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## [Current Contributing.md missing PR step?](https://discourse.itk.org/t/current-contributing-md-missing-pr-step/1430)

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**Author:** [@spinicist](https://discourse.itk.org/u/spinicist)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [November 21, 2018, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/current-contributing-md-missing-pr-step/1430 "2018-11-21T13:39:57Z")

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Hello, I just pushed my first bug-fix to ITK via github instead of Gerrit. After I did a git review-push --force the branch was present in fork https://github.com/spinicist/ITK/tree/bug/bruker\_int but I could not a PR i…

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## [Centered Transforms in examples](https://discourse.itk.org/t/centered-transforms-in-examples/1423)

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**Author:** [@blowekamp](https://discourse.itk.org/u/blowekamp)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 19, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/centered-transforms-in-examples/1423 "2018-11-19T14:43:46Z")

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The set of transformed prefix with “Centered” have the center of rotation parameter as an optimizable parameter, where the normal transforms have the center of rotation as a fixed parameter. It is my understanding that t…

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## [Octobox to handle github notifications](https://discourse.itk.org/t/octobox-to-handle-github-notifications/1415)

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**Author:** [@phcerdan](https://discourse.itk.org/u/phcerdan)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [November 14, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/octobox-to-handle-github-notifications/1415 "2018-11-14T19:47:19Z")

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Hey there, I am having some difficulties tracking Github notifications, there are so many since the transition to Github (which is great!), so I’ve found out this octobox, which provides something similar to an e-mail in…

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## [Merging temporarily suspended](https://discourse.itk.org/t/merging-temporarily-suspended/1396)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 8:30pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/merging-temporarily-suspended/1396 "2018-11-07T20:30:50Z")

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Hi folks, We are migrating the ITK repository mirroring from https://itk.org/ITK.git to https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK.git Until this is complete, please do not merge topics via the Gerrit / stage …

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## [How to report ITK issues](https://discourse.itk.org/t/how-to-report-itk-issues/991)

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**Author:** [@lassoan](https://discourse.itk.org/u/lassoan)\
**Replies:** 17\
**Last updated:** [November 7, 2018, 3:05pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/how-to-report-itk-issues/991 "2018-11-07T15:05:58Z")

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I’ve tried to report a potential error in ITK in the bug report but it seems that only anonymous browsing works. If I create an account and log in and open the ITK bugtracker (https://insightsoftwareconsortium.atlassian.…

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## [ITK Development Git Cheatsheet / Quick Reference PDF](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-development-git-cheatsheet-quick-reference-pdf/1398)

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**Author:** [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2018, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-development-git-cheatsheet-quick-reference-pdf/1398 "2018-11-06T15:49:16Z")

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In addition to our CONTRIBUTING.md documentation, and the Software Process section of the ITK Software Guide, we have an ITK development quick reference PDF: This has been updated for contribution on GitHub. :octopus: …

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## [How to show a DICOM image with ITK and Visual Studio?](https://discourse.itk.org/t/how-to-show-a-dicom-image-with-itk-and-visual-studio/1347)

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**Author:** [@Armando](https://discourse.itk.org/u/Armando)\
**Replies:** 11\
**Last updated:** [November 2, 2018, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/how-to-show-a-dicom-image-with-itk-and-visual-studio/1347 "2018-11-02T17:25:42Z")

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Hi. I am learning to use ITK with visual studio. My question is: How can I, once I have read a DICOM file, be able to show it or load it in a PictureBox (System.Windows.Forms.PictureBox) component of Visual Studio? Tha…

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## [ITK training](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-training/1384)

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**Author:** [@finetjul](https://discourse.itk.org/u/finetjul)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 29, 2018, 5:55pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-training/1384 "2018-10-29T17:55:33Z")

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Dear all, Kitware will be holding a developers training course on March 26th 2019 in Lyon, France. This course will cover features of ITK : Overview/Architecture Segmentation Registration Using ITK in your application…

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