Kitware is holding its 2nd Annual Best Biomedical Visualization Contest to find the best visualization made using the freely-available, open-source Insight Segmentation and Registration or Visualization Toolkits.
  • First-place prize is $750 and a Kitware shirt or hat
  • Second-place prize is $250 and a Kitware shirt or hat
  • Submissions must be received by September 10, 2009
  • Winners will be announced at the 2009 MICCAI conference
  • Select entries will also appear on the Kitware website
    Judges:
    (more to be announced...)
  • Stephen Aylward
  • Niki Russell
  • Hua Yang
  • Michel Audette

    Entries must be recieved by September 10, 2009 to be eligible.
    Winners will be announced at MICCAI 2009


Entries will be judged based on scientific significance, the use of ITK or VTK, and aesthetics.  More information is given below and on the contest website:

  • Visualizations may be charts, graphs, photographs, or renderings from the biomedical field.
  • You may submit more than one visualization.
  • You must explain how VTK and/or ITK played a role in generating your visualizations.
  • Images from open-source and commercial applications that use ITK and VTK are eligible, including:

Public voting will be used by a panel of expert judges to determine the winners. Images generated by Kitware employees are not eligible. Anyone may submit visualizations and cast votes after registering on the contest website. Registration is free.

As you prepare your presentations for MICCAI, SPIE Medical Imaging, and other events, consider entering the best of your visualizations in the contest!

We look forward to seeing your entries!