# A free biomedical image analysis and visualization 2-day course

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**Created:** [April 13, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837 "2018-04-13T14:52:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 2:52pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/1 "2018-04-13T14:52:32Z")

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Kitware has organized a [free 2-day biomedical image visualization and analysis training course](https://blog.kitware.com/events/free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/) next month (May, 30-31) at our Carrboro, NC branch office. The course is designed for clinical researchers, computer scientists and engineers with biomedical imaging background who are interested in learning and developing ITK, VTK and 3D Slicer.

The course outline is

**May 30: “VTK and ITK for medical image analysis and visualization”**

- Morning: “A hands-on introduction to VTK for medical image visualization”
- Afternoon: “A hands-on introduction to ITK for medical image analysis”

**May 31 : “3D Slicer for medical computing application development”**

- Morning: “A hands-on introduction to Slicer”
- Afternoon: “Customizing 3D Slicer”

To reserve a seat for the course, please fill out [this Google form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfj-NElDTlEbLx2THAB7XNs3xwIDWEU25JmTFS1MEf4Olv9Ow/viewform) and we’ll get back to you to confirm your reservation.

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**Author:** ![saragh](https://discourse.itk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@saragh](https://discourse.itk.org/u/saragh)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:10pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/2 "2018-04-13T15:10:25Z")

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Hello Dr. McCormick,

Thanks for your email.

Would it be possible for Kitware to live-stream this course?

Best regards,

Sara Gharabaghi

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**Author:** ![ibr](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/ibr/32/468_2.png) [@ibr](https://discourse.itk.org/u/ibr)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/3 "2018-04-13T15:51:01Z")

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I am also with the live stream. It is a long journey to come from Europe.  
Ibraheem

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**Author:** ![dorha.szasz](https://discourse.itk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dorha.szasz](https://discourse.itk.org/u/dorha.szasz)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/4 "2018-04-13T15:55:33Z")

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Thank you so much, Matt for offering this training.

We would love to have the GitHub repository and presentations, if possible.

Best,

Dora

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**Author:** ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2018, 2:13pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/5 "2018-04-16T14:13:17Z")

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Hi Sara, Ibraheem, Dora,

The materials will be publicly available on GitHub, but the event will not be live streamed.

Thanks,  
Matt

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**Author:** ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/6 "2018-05-08T20:21:37Z")

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There are only a few spots left – it is recommended to register within the next few days if you would like to attend.

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**Author:** ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2018, 8:11pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/7 "2018-06-06T20:11:12Z")

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Material from the course is now available here:

[https://data.kitware.com/#collection/568a9db98d777f429eac8eab/folder/5b0724188d777f15ebe1f55b](https://data.kitware.com/#collection/568a9db98d777f429eac8eab/folder/5b0724188d777f15ebe1f55b)

This includes an archive and link to the ITK material:

> **[KitwareMedicalPublications/2018-05-30-KRSCourseInBiomedicalImageAnalysisAndVisua...](https://github.com/KitwareMedicalPublications/2018-05-30-KRSCourseInBiomedicalImageAnalysisAndVisualization)**
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> Kitware Course in Biomedical Image Analysis and Visualization: ITK - KitwareMedicalPublications/2018-05-30-KRSCourseInBiomedicalImageAnalysisAndVisualization

Enjoy!

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**Author:** ![ultrasounder](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/ultrasounder/32/515_2.png) [@ultrasounder](https://discourse.itk.org/u/ultrasounder)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/8 "2018-09-27T18:45:11Z")

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Hello Matt,  
A newcomer to ITK. Are there plans for a re-do of these courses? Thanks for making these materials freely available and also for other opensource contributions.

thanks  
Ananth

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**Author:** ![matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/user_avatar/discourse.itk.org/matt.mccormick/32/7_2.png) [@matt.mccormick](https://discourse.itk.org/u/matt.mccormick)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2018, 2:49pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/a-free-biomedical-image-analysis-and-visualization-2-day-course/837/9 "2018-10-01T14:49:59Z")

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Hi Ananth,

Yes, we plan to give and update the courses next year.

Thanks,  
Matt

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