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 ![MITK Logo][logo]
 
 The [Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit][mitk] (MITK) is a free open-source software
 system for development of interactive medical image processing software. MITK
 combines the [Insight Toolkit][itk] (ITK) and the [Visualization Toolkit][vtk] (VTK) with an application framework.
 
 The links below provide high-level and reference documentation targeting different
 usage scenarios:
 
  - Get a [high-level overview][mitk-overview] about MITK with pointers to further
    documentation
  - End-users looking for help with MITK applications should read the
    [MITK User Manual][mitk-usermanual]
  - Developers contributing to or using MITK, please see the [MITK Developer Manual][mitk-devmanual]
    as well as the [MITK API Reference][mitk-apiref]
 
 See the [MITK homepage][mitk] for details.
 
 Supported Platforms
 -----------------------------
 
 MITK is a cross-platform C++ toolkit and officially supports:
 
  - Windows
  - macOS
  - Linux
 
 For details, please read the [Supported Platforms][platforms] page.
 
 License
 -----------
 
 Copyright (c) [German Cancer Research Center][dkfz].
 
 MITK is available as free open-source software under a [BSD-style license][license].
 
 Download
 ---------
 
 The MITK source code and binaries for the *MitkWorkbench* application are released regularly according to the [MITK release cycle][release-cycle]. See the [Download][download] page for a list of releases.
 
 The official MITK source code is available in the [MITK Git repository][diffusion]. The Git clone command is
 
     git clone https://phabricator.mitk.org/source/mitk.git MITK
 
 Active development takes place in the MITK master branch and its usage is advised for advanced users only.
 
 How to Contribute
 --------------
 
 Contributions of all kind are happily accepted. However, to make the contribution process as smooth as possible, please read the [How to contribute to MITK][contribute] page if you plan to contribute to MITK.
 
 
 Build Instructions
 ------------------------
 
 MITK uses [CMake][cmake] to configure a build tree. The following is a crash course about cloning, configuring, and building MITK on a Linux/Unix system:
 
     git clone https://phabricator.mitk.org/source/mitk.git MITK
     mkdir MITK-build
     cd MITK-build
     cmake ../MITK
     make -j4
 
 Read the comprehensive [Build Instructions][build] page for details.
 
 Useful Links
 ------------------
 
  - [Homepage][mitk]
  - [Download][download]
  - [Mailing List][mailinglist]
  - [Bug Tracker][bugs]
 
 
 [logo]: https://github.com/MITK/MITK/raw/master/mitk.png
 [mitk]: http://mitk.org
-[itk]: http://www.itk.org
-[vtk]: http://www.vtk.org
-[mitk-overview]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.03/Overview.html
-[mitk-usermanual]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.03/UserManualPortal.html
-[mitk-devmanual]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.03/DeveloperManualPortal.html
-[mitk-apiref]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.03/usergroup0.html
-[platforms]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.03/SupportedPlatformsPage.html
-[dkfz]: http://www.dkfz.de
-[license]: http://mitk.org/git/?p=MITK.git;a=blob_plain;f=LICENSE.txt
+[itk]: https://itk.org
+[vtk]: http://vtk.org
+[mitk-overview]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/Overview.html
+[mitk-usermanual]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/UserManualPortal.html
+[mitk-devmanual]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/DeveloperManualPortal.html
+[mitk-apiref]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/usergroup0.html
+[platforms]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/SupportedPlatformsPage.html
+[dkfz]: https://www.dkfz.de
+[license]: https://github.com/MITK/MITK/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
 [release-cycle]: http://mitk.org/MitkReleaseCycle
 [download]: http://mitk.org/Download
 [diffusion]: https://phabricator.mitk.org/source/mitk/
 [contribute]: http://mitk.org/How_to_contribute
-[cmake]: http://www.cmake.org
+[cmake]: https://www.cmake.org
 [build]: http://docs.mitk.org/2016.11/BuildInstructionsPage.html
 [mailinglist]: http://mitk.org/Mailinglist
 [bugs]: https://phabricator.mitk.org/maniphest/