using_frameworks.md

Using existing frameworks and applications

There are many VTK-based, free, open-source applications for scientific, bio-medical and medical image visualization and processing; several of them are extensible frameworks that can be customized for particular use cases. ParaView, Trame, PyVista, and 3D Slicer are examples. Therefore, it is worth evaluating if any of these would allow you to address your challenges. This would save time by avoiding redeveloping everything from scratch and by capitalizing on large communities with thousands of experts.

Generally, the default (complex, but powerful) user interface of these applications allows one to figure out the complete workflow. Once one knows exactly what and how to do it, they can create a small Python scripted module that automates most of the steps and provides a simplified user interface.