ITKIT: Feasible CT Image Analysis based on SimpleITK and MMEngine
This work addresses the problem of ease of use and configurability in medical image analysis for clinicians and researchers, though it appears incremental by building on existing frameworks.
The paper tackles the challenge of making CT image analysis more accessible by introducing ITKIT, a framework that provides a complete pipeline from DICOM to 3D segmentation inference, and it was verified through 12 typical experiments to meet most basic scenario needs.
CT images are widely used in clinical diagnosis and treatment, and their data have formed a de facto standard - DICOM. It is clear and easy to use, and can be efficiently utilized by data-driven analysis methods such as deep learning. In the past decade, many program frameworks for medical image analysis have emerged in the open-source community. ITKIT analyzed the characteristics of these frameworks and hopes to provide a better choice in terms of ease of use and configurability. ITKIT offers a complete pipeline from DICOM to 3D segmentation inference. Its basic practice only includes some essential steps, enabling users with relatively weak computing capabilities to quickly get started using the CLI according to the documentation. For advanced users, the OneDL-MMEngine framework provides a flexible model configuration and deployment entry. This paper conducted 12 typical experiments to verify that ITKIT can meet the needs of most basic scenarios.