diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 38ef9d0c3d1..341e7d87c90 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -30,17 +30,29 @@ Links About ----- -The National Library of Medicine Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit -(ITK), or Insight Toolkit, is an open-source, cross-platform C++ toolkit for -segmentation and registration. Segmentation is the process of identifying and -classifying data found in a digitally sampled representation. Typically the -sampled representation is an image acquired from such medical instrumentation -as CT or MRI scanners. Registration is the task of aligning or developing -correspondences between data. For example, in the medical environment, a -CT scan may be aligned with a MRI scan in order to combine the information -contained in both. - -The toolkit may be built from source using [CMake](https://cmake.org). +The Insight Toolkit (ITK) is an open-source, cross-platform toolkit for +N-dimensional scientific image processing, segmentation, and registration. +Segmentation is the process of identifying and classifying data found in a +digitally sampled representation. Typically the sampled representation is an +image acquired from such medical instrumentation as CT or MRI scanners. +Registration is the task of aligning or developing correspondences between +data. For example, in the medical environment, a CT scan may be aligned with a +MRI scan in order to combine the information contained in both. + +ITK is distributed in binary Python packages. To install: + +``` +pip install itk +``` + +or + +``` +conda install -c conda-forge itk +``` + +The cross-platform, C++ core of the toolkit may be built from source using +[CMake](https://cmake.org). Copyright