Vizify is an application that uses ITK for loading of images, VTK for display of these images and Qt for handling the GUI.
This application was designed with the following goals in mind:
a. Use of Object Oriented Design to build an application from the ground up.
b. Trying out some of the Design patterns that I have read in the Head First books and realize them in Code
c. General practice of VTK and Qt.
d. Learn some of the ITK modules and features.
e. To have a application available to quickly prototype if needed.
This application is tested for use with both Windows and Linux.
VTK versions used - 5.10, and 6.2. I haven't tested latest versions but I think it should work
ITK - tested for 4.11
Qt - works with 4 as well as 5
Update: The current code works with VTK 9 and ITK 5, since the update to Modern C++. I have not tested the older versions on which it was built before, so it may or may not work.
Download the latest Qt from the online repository. The instructions are for Qt version 5.9.1. It is possible later versions differ in setup.
Also install the Visual Studio 2017 Express version which can be downloaded for free from the Microsoft website.
After install, open the Native VS Tools prompt for either x86 or x64 as you prefer.
Set the enviroment variables like shown below:
REM Set up \Microsoft Visual Studio 2013, where <arch> is \c amd64, \c x86, etc.
CALL "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0\VC\vcvarsall.bat" <arch>
SET _ROOT=C:\qt\qt-5
SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtbase\bin;%_ROOT%\gnuwin32\bin;%PATH%
REM Uncomment the below line when using a git checkout of the source repository
REM SET PATH=%_ROOT%\qtrepotools\bin;%PATH%&
SET _ROOT=
Also set the Python path in the prompt. The Python version to used is Python 2.7
mkdir qtbin
cd qtbin
[Windows]..\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.9.1\configure -debug -nomake examples -opensource -skip qtwebengine -opengl dynamic -prefix .
[Linux]../qt5/configure -debug -nomake examples -nomake tests -opensource -skip qtwebengine -opengl desktop -prefix /opt/Qt5.15/debug -c++std c++17 -xcb
nmake
nmake install
QT_QPA_PLATFORM_PLUGIN_PATH C:\Installations\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.9.1\QTBin\plugins\platforms
PATH C:\Installations\qt-everywhere-opensource-src-5.9.1\QTBin\bin
Download the latest VTK (I have tried compiling with version 8) and run the CMake.
Enable Qt VTK GUI module. I have seen every new version has a different switch string for this. Just look for anything that says Enable the Qt GUI for VTK. This is important or Qt won't work with VTK. VTK build generates a Qt widget for use with the Qt Designer.
Note: If you want to use VTK within Python, build it in shared library mode and enable Python wrapping.
Download the lastest version from the ITK website. I have used ITK 4.11 for this application. Use Cmake to build and install.
Note: Make sure that the ITKVTKGlue module is enabled.
Specify the library paths for VTK and Qt, and build.
Qt is a GUI framework for use in both Windows and Linux (www.qt.io)
VTK, also called Visualization Toolkit is a library for 3D visualization (www.vtk.org)
ITK is an image processing library and is optimized for medical image processing, registration and segmentation (www.itk.org)