Kitware is participating in the DARPA Triage Challenge to help medical providers identify patients needing life-saving intervention during mass casualty events. Clifton Park, N.Y. (February 7, 2024) – Kitware, a leader in developing innovative medical software, has been selected to participate in the DARPA Triage Challenge (DTC) to develop algorithms that can predict the need ..read more

On behalf of the iMSTK community, we are pleased to announce the release of iMSTK Unity version 2.0 on the Unity Asset Store. iMSTK Unity is Kitwares integration of our open source physical simulation toolkit and the Unity game engine. iMSTK features advanced high-performance libraries for physics simulation, haptics, advanced rendering/visualization, user hardware interfacing, geometric ..read more

On behalf of the iMSTK community, we are pleased to announce the release of iMSTK version 7.0. The Interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK) is an open-source toolkit that allows faster prototyping of surgical simulators and skill trainers. iMSTK features advanced high-performance libraries for physics simulation, haptics, advanced rendering/visualization, user hardware interfacing, geometric processing, collision detection ..read more

iMSTK Overview The Interactive Medical Simulation Toolkit (iMSTK) is an open-source toolkit that allows fast prototyping of surgical simulators and skill trainers. iMSTK features advanced high-performance libraries for physics simulation, haptics, advanced rendering/visualization, user hardware interfacing, geometric processing, collision detection, contact modeling, and numerical solvers. These features allow for medically relevant simulation tasks, such as ..read more

On behalf of the iMSTK community we are pleased to announce that the release of version 1.0 of the iMSTK Unity Asset is now available on the Unity Asset Store. iMSTK is Kitware’s simulation toolkit designed to aid rapid prototyping of interactive multi-modal surgical simulations. iMSTK’s collection of high-performance, interactive physics-based simulation models allow recreation ..read more

Kitware is excited to share that we have once again teamed up with Lumeto to create a medical training platform with dynamic patient feedback. The Pulse Physiology Engine was developed by Kitware as an open source computational physiology model for whole-body, real-time patient feedback. The platform responds dynamically to injuries, diseases, and treatments that have ..read more

To conclude our first year of work on the multi-year, NIH grant for Rare and Adverse Events, Kitware visited Children’s National Medical Center (CNMC) in Washington D.C. to gather feedback on our surgical simulator. Through this grant, we aim to improve practicing surgeons’ proficiency and resilience by simulating adverse events that can occur during laparoscopic ..read more

On behalf of the Pulse Physiology Community, we are pleased to announce that version 4.1 of the Pulse Unity Asset is now available on the Unity Store. We are excited to see our Pulse Unity Asset being used by an expanding community of users. The 4.1 Version release includes: Version 4.1 Pulse binaries for Win ..read more

Percutaneous Nephrolithotomy (PCNL) is a surgical procedure where large stones are removed from the kidney or upper ureter when they cannot be passed on their own. PCNL is a minimally invasive procedure that is performed under X-ray guidance using a nephroscope. This presents several advantages over more invasive procedures, including faster healing, shorter hospital stays ..read more

On behalf of the Pulse Physiology Community, we are pleased to announce that version 3.0 of the Pulse Explorer is now available. The Pulse Explorer is an open source visualization application for dynamic medical simulation using the Pulse Physiology Engine.  Version 3.0 Release Notes  Added a Mechanical Ventilator interface   Pressure Control, Volume Control, and ..read more