Simpleitk

Announcing the SimpleITK 2.2 Release Candidate 4!

Users and developers are encouraged to test the RC before the final release and report issues, bugs, and any compatibility problems. This is the final RC before the 2.2 final release.

In collaboration with the [Elastix](https://github.com/SuperElastix/elastix) team, the addition of [SimpleElastix](https://simpleelastix.github.io) as a compile time option is the highlight of this release. Please download the SimpleITK source and compile with the CMake SimpleITK_USE_ELASTIX option enabled to try out this experimental feature.

Installing SimpleITK

Complete instructions on getting started with SimpleITK including downloading binaries or building SimpleITK can be found on the SimpleITK [Read the Docs web page](https://simpleitk.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html).

Python Binary Downloads

* Python binary wheels are available for download. It is important to have the latest version of pip for correct wheel compatibility and installation. To install the latest SimpleITK package from GitHub releases:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --pre SimpleITK --find-links https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK/releases/tag/v2.2rc4



Release Notes
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New Features
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* Add SimpleITK_USE_ELASTIX as a compile time option for [SimpleElastix](https://github.com/SuperElastix/SimpleElastix) classes: ElastixImageFilter, TransformixImageFilter. This option is currently disabled by default.
* Update ITK to 5.3rc04

Bug Fixes
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* Fix undefined behavior in BasicFilters.Cast test
* Fix GenericException assignment by using shared_ptr internally
* Correct SinRegularizedHeaviside option for ScalarChanAndVeseDenseLevelSetImageFilter


Documentation
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* Reformat Python example for flake8
* Improve ImageSeriesReader documentation for method used to determining pixel type.

Compilation
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* Update MacOSX version in CI
* Build with SimpleITK_USE_ELASTIX enabled on Github Actions.

Announcement

Announcing the SimpleITK 2.2 Release Candidate 3!

Users and developers are encouraged to test the RC before the final release and report issues, bugs, and any compatibility problems. The SimpleITK 2.2.0 final is planned to be published shortly after the next ITK tag, either v5.3rc04 or v5.3.0.

Installing SimpleITK

Complete instructions on getting started with SimpleITK including downloading binaries or building SimpleITK can be found on the SimpleITK [Read the Docs web page](https://simpleitk.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html).

Python Binary Downloads

* Python binary wheels are available for download. It is important to have the latest version of pip for correct wheel compatibility and installation. To install the latest SimpleITK package from GitHub releases:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --pre SimpleITK --find-links https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK/releases/tag/v2.2rc3


Anaconda Binary Downloads

Conda packages are available from Anaconda Cloud on the `SimpleITK` channel. These can be installed with:

conda install -c simpleitk/label/dev simpleitk


Note that pre-release packages with the "dev" channel may be deleted in the future after the releases are made.

Release Notes

API Changes/Compatibility Changes
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* Replace internal typelist meta-programming with typelist2::typelist utilizing variadic template.

New Features
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* Update ITK superbuild version to ITK hash ee664da6bb1a83cdf82e2582126e65119a4de1a4.
* Add missing GridImageSource::WhichDimensions method.

Bug Fixes
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* On Apple OSX use .dylib extension for C native library
* Fix setup.py to not load SimpleITK native library.
* Fix Python resample procedure handling of unexpected keyword argument.

Documentation
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* Added FAQ entry: Why does my image appear to be empty / all black / blank when visualized?
* Update N4BiasFieldCorrection example to save full corrected image.

Compilation
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* Update CircleCI configure
* Various CI maintenance update including updating OS images used and tool versions.
* Add CSharp building and packaging in AZP for Mac OSX.

Announcement

Tagged on 2/2/2022 we are happy to announce SimpleITK 2.2 Release Candidate 2!

Users and developers are encouraged to test the RC before the final release and report issues, bugs, and any compatibility problems.


Installing SimpleITK

Complete instructions on getting started with SimpleITK including downloading binaries or building SimpleITK can be found on the SimpleITK [Read the Docs web page](https://simpleitk.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html).

Python Binary Downloads

- Python binary wheels are available for download. It is important to have the latest version of pip for correct wheel compatibility and installation. To install the latest SimpleITK package from GitHub releases:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --pre SimpleITK --find-links https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK/releases/tag/v2.2rc2

Anaconda Binary Downloads

Conda packages are available from Anaconda Cloud on the `SimpleITK` channel. These can be installed with:

conda install -c simpleitk/label/dev simpleitk



Release Notes
============

Compatibility Changes
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Require SimpleITK_INT64_PIXELIDS for 64-bit builds.
The Python ReadTransform method now returns a downcasted transform.


New Features
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Announcement


Announcing the SimpleITK 2.2 Release Candidate 1!

Users and developers are encouraged to test the RC before the final release and report issues, bugs, and any compatibility problems.

Installing SimpleITK

Complete instructions on getting started with SimpleITK including downloading binaries or building SimpleITK can be found on the SimpleITK [Read the Docs web page](https://simpleitk.readthedocs.io/en/master/index.html).

Python Binary Downloads

- Python binary wheels are available for download. It is important to have the latest version of pip for correct wheel compatibility and installation. To install the latest SimpleITK package from GitHub releases:

python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install --pre SimpleITK --find-links https://github.com/SimpleITK/SimpleITK/releases/tag/v2.2rc1

Anaconda Binary Downloads

Conda packages are available from Anaconda Cloud on the `SimpleITK` channel. These can be installed with:

conda install -c simpleitk/label/dev simpleitk


Linux aarch64 wheels

Included in this release candidate are "manylinux2014_aarch64" wheels to provide initial support for the ARMv8-A (aarch64) on Linux.


Release Notes
============

Compatibility Changes
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* The string value of sitkBSpline changed to "sitkBSpline3"
* Update to CMake 3.16.3 requirements
* SimpleITK libraries now require C++14


New Features
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* Add wrapping of TransformGeometryImageFilter
* Improve Python GetImageFromArray performance
* Add different orders for the BSpline interpolator
* Add Python 3.10 binaries
* Add methods to the Image class, EvaluateAtPhysicalPoint and EvaluateAtContinuousIndex
* Add Python interface for Image's EvaluateAt methods
* Update ITK version to after 5.3rc02
* Downcast returned Transform objects to concrete class in Python
* Add VectorDistanceMap results to Danielsson distance filters
* Support max dimension in "projection" filters.


Bug Fixes
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* Fix unknown enum for smoothing DisplacementFieldTransforms
* Change expected number of iterations for LBFGS2 test due to ITK changes


Documentation
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* Add CSharp DicomSeriesReader example
* Add section about the missing SimpleITK DLL in CSharp
* Improve Doxygen documentation rendering with updated packages and improved efficiency of updates
* Add C++ and C versions of N4 bias example
* Add favicon to Sphinx docs
* Update ImageGetSetBuffer.cs example
* Doc page for the path length issue for Windows.
* Add documentation on registration reproducibility.


Compilation and CI
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* Update superbuild version PCRE to 8.45
* Update superbuild googletest version to 1.11
* Add dockerfile to build manylinux2014 on AZP for packaging
* Fix unused type alias warning
* Make CreateInterpolator methods with hidden linkage
* Remove Nightly Doxygen on CircleCI
* Merge Lint and Spell workflows
* Address clang lambda capture warning
* AZP Packaging use macos-10.15
* Remove old manylinux1 builds
* Dockerfile to build on linux-aarch64

This release was yanked from PyPI, due to a partial upload cause by an account limitation.

Announcement

Updates to build infrastructure and including Python 3.10 binaries.

The patch release Updates the ITK version to 5.2.1.

Installing SimpleITK

Complete instructions on getting started with SimpleITK including downloading binaries or building SimpleITK can be found on the SimpleITK [Read the Docs web page](https://simpleitk.readthedocs.io/en/master/installation.html).

Python Binary Downloads

Python binary wheels are available for download from PyPI. It is important to have the latest version of pip for correct wheel compatibility and installation. To install the latest SimpleITK package:


python -m pip install --upgrade pip
python -m pip install SimpleITK


Anaconda Binary Downloads

SimpleITK packages are available for _conda_ Python package manager as a monolithic package:


conda install -c simpleitk simpleitk


or integrated into the _coda-forge_ package dependencies:


conda install simpleitk --channel conda-forge


Improvements
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* Update ITK superbuild version to v5.2.1.