# ITKIOScanco module

**URL:** https://discourse.itk.org/t/itkioscanco-module/1727
**Category:** Engineering
**Tags:** microct, scanco, io, python
**Created:** [March 30, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itkioscanco-module/1727 "2019-03-30T05:45:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![mihail.isakov](https://discourse.itk.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mihail.isakov](https://discourse.itk.org/u/mihail.isakov)
#### Post date: [March 30, 2019, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itkioscanco-module/1727/1 "2019-03-30T05:45:06Z")

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@matt.mccormick Are any hints/instructions how to build and enable [ITKIOScanco](https://github.com/KitwareMedical/ITKIOScanco) available? Thank you.

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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 2, 2019, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itkioscanco-module/1727/2 "2019-04-02T03:20:58Z")

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Yes, I will add instructions…

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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 5, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itkioscanco-module/1727/3 "2019-04-05T20:18:36Z")

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There is now preliminary support for [Scanco](http://www.scanco.ch/) microCT image files.

To install the associated Python package:

```auto
python -m pip install itk-ioscanco

```

This package provides the new [Pythonic interface available in ITK 5](https://discourse.itk.org/t/itk-5-0-beta-1-pythonic-interface/1271), and can be used together with the [ITK Python package](https://pypi.org/project/itk/). The classes will read Scanoco _.ISQ_ files in their native format, providing 3D imaging data and metadata.

 ![](https://discourse.itk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/7422376c46a8880d5bca2483147f1eb6c1f69919.gif)

For an example, see the following Jupyter notebook: [![Scanco Notebook](https://discourse.itk.org/uploads/default/original/1X/79bb35519fd2bb123fd75ed385f63fe4e4b74ce9.svg)](https://mybinder.org/v2/gh/KitwareMedical/ITKIOScanco/master?filepath=examples%2FITKIOScanco.ipynb)

Build the module in C++ as a separate project against an ITK build tree::

```auto
  git clone https://github.com/KitwareMedical/ITKIOScanco
  mkdir ITKIOScanco-build
  cd ITKIOScanco-build
  cmake -DITK_DIR=/your/path/to/ITK-build ../ITKIOScanco
  cmake --build .

```

Alternatively, since ITK 5.0, the module can be built by enabling the option:

```auto
  Module_IOScanco:BOOL=ON

```

in ITK’s CMake configuration.

For more information, please see the corresponding [source code repository](https://github.com/KitwareMedical/ITKIOScanco).