Kitware has just announced the newest version of their image processing toolkit ITK, version 4.0.  After an extensive 18 months of work with funding from ARRA and the National Library of Medicine, the new version is finally available.

New features included in ITK 4.0.0 include modularization, a simplified accessibility layer called “SimpleITK,” new frameworks for registration and level setting, a newly-refactored finite element (FEM) framework, video processing support, updated DICOM support based on GDCM 2.0, and improved support for large microscopy images above 4 GB.

via Kitware – News: ITK 4.0 is Now Available and Ready for Download!.