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Summaries of open source, health care, or health IT news and information from various sources on the web selected by Open Health News (OHNews) staff. Links are provided to the original news or information source, e.g. news article, web site, journal,blog, video, etc.

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Kitware and Harvard Map the Mammalian Connectome

Press Release | Kitware | August 28, 2012

Kitware, a leading open-source technology integration provider, today announces the development of a computational infrastructure for mapping the mammalian connectome. The project is supported by $999,981 in Phase 2 SBIR funding from the National Institutes of Health.
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Kitware And SAIC-Frederick, Inc. Provide Support For National Cancer Informatics Program Open Development Initiative

Press Release | SAIC-Frederick, Inc, Kitware | February 12, 2013

The project will move a collection of existing government-funded software projects to an open-source environment. Read More »

Kitware Announces Exascale Exhibition at SC15

Press Release | Kitware | November 10, 2015

To share Kitware’s latest developments in exascale visualization, the company is pleased to announce that it will once again be part of the International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis, better known as Supercomputing (SC). SC15 will be held in Austin, Texas, from November 15 to November 20, 2015. As one of the primary contributors to the open-source Visualization Toolkit (VTK), ParaView, and CMake, Kitware is working closely with customers and collaborators to build the foundation for exascale visualization. 

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Kitware Announces New Fall Courses

Staff Writer | Kitware | July 18, 2012

To better serve the open-source software community and our collaborators, Kitware is increasing the course offerings for this fall. In addition to the three courses already scheduled in our Lyon location, we will be hosting three on-site courses in New York and adding three courses into our regular online rotation. Read More »

Kitware Announces the Release of 3D Slicer 4.5 for Medical Image Analysis

Press Release | Kitware | November 24, 2015

Kitware, Inc., on behalf of the 3D Slicer community, is pleased to announce the release of 3D Slicer version 4.5 in support of basic and applied medical imaging research. 3D Slicer is an industry-leading software application for visualizing and processing medical images from a multitude of medical devices. Researchers have used it to correlate the shape of structures in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans of brains with the risk of schizophrenia, as well as to measure cardiac function from computed tomography (CT). One of the many strengths of 3D Slicer is its extensible, open-source foundation. The 4.5 release offers over 60 extensions and 150 feature improvements, in addition to performance and stability advancements.

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Kitware Co-Founder And Chairman Ken Martin Named CFO Of The Year

Press Release | Kitware | October 19, 2012

Kitware, an advanced R&D software solutions provider, today announces the recognition of Dr. Ken Martin, Chairman and CFO of Kitware, as CFO of the Year by the Albany Business Review. Dr. Martin was selected as a finalist last month from among over 100 nominations in the small business category, and was named the category winner at an awards ceremony in Troy, New York. Read More »

Kitware Develops Novel System For Autonomous Robot Navigation

Press Release | Kitware | December 5, 2012

The developed technology will provide autonomous robots with advanced vision capabilities for use in military and search-and-rescue operations.
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Kitware Is looking For Developers And Project Leaders In North Carolina (USA)

Noeska Smit | medvis.org | October 12, 2012

Kitware (of open-source software such as ITK, VTK, Slicer and CMake fame) is currently looking for Developers and Project Leaders for their office in North Carolina. Read More »

Kitware Provides Mobile Visualization Support for the Visible Patient Project

Press Release | Kitware | January 31, 2013

Kitware developed mobile solutions to support 3D anatomical modeling project led by IRCAD, the Research Institute Against Digestive Cancer. Read More »

Kitware Receives DARPA Funding to Develop a Visualization Design Environment

Press Release | Kitware | November 27, 2012

The project seeks to provide researchers with a suite of visualization tools for deeper understanding of complex, large-scale data. Read More »

Kitware Receives Funding To Develop An Open-Source Application For Atomic Scale Tomography Using S/TEM

Staff Writer | Kitware | March 12, 2014

Kitware has announced a new Department of Energy SBIR Phase I award to develop an open-source platform for materials reconstruction using scanning transmission electron microscopes (S/TEM).

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Kitware Receives Funds From U.S. Air Force Research Lab To Extend The Bender Toolkit For Anatomical Model Repositioning

Press Release | Kitware | July 31, 2013

This new Phase I project will enable researchers to change the pose of anatomical models from medical images. Such manipulations facilitate a variety of ergonomic and anatomic studies and have the potential to lead to an improved understanding of how emitted energies, such as cell phone signals, effect the human body. Read More »

Kitware Receives Honor in 2015 HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards Share Article

Press Release | Kitware, HPC Wire | November 17, 2015

Kitware, Inc., has been recognized on behalf of the ParaView community in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2015 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC15), in Austin, Texas. The list of winners was revealed at the HPCwire booth at the event and on the HPCwire website, located at http://www.HPCwire.com. Kitware accepted the following honor for ParaView: Readers' Choice - Best HPC Visualization Product or Technology

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Kitware Receives Honors In 2012 HPCwire Readers’ And Editors’ Choice Awards

Press Release | Kitware, HPCwire | November 14, 2012

Kitware has been recognized in the annual HPCwire Readers’ and Editors’ Choice Awards, presented at the 2012 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis (SC12), in Salt Lake City, Utah. Kitware’s open-source, multi-platform data analysis and visualization application, ParaView, was selected as the Editors’ Choice for Best HPC Visualization Product or Technology. Read More »

Kitware To Develop A Universal Healthcare Exchange Language Infrastructure

Press Release | Kitware | April 19, 2013

Kitware is pleased to announce the award of $149,983 in Phase I SBIR funding from the U.S. Army for the development of an adaptive healthcare exchange language for interaction between patients and healthcare organizations. Read More »