Get the Software

How to download and install Slicer Slicer is freely available and provided as open source software. Its design is fully modular to encourage researchers to extend its functionality.

1. Downloading the Software	2. Release Notes
3. Installation Instructions     a. Installing on Solaris     b. Installing on Windows     c. Installing on Linux     d. Installing on Mac

1. Downloading the Software

How to Download

Compatibility

• Sun UltraSPARC workstations running Sun Solaris 2.8 (also known as Solaris 8 or SunOS 5.8) and OpenGL 1.2
• PCs running Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP.
• Computers running Red Hat Linux 7.3.
• Apple Macintosh computers running Mac OS X.
• Other platforms (such as IRIX): we give out all source code, so users can compile it for their operating system.

Availability

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2. Release Notes

Slicer 2.6, available May 2006

Slicer 2.5, available May 2005

Slicer 2.4, available January 2005

Slicer 1.3.0, available March 2002

Slicer 1.3.0 release brings together new functionality that has been in development and research use for several months. Although new improvements are continually added to the CVS source tree, the 1.3.0 release should provide a solid base for most users.

New in this version:

• New modules:
  • EMSegment Implementation of Expectation Maximization Segmentation
  • TetraMesh Addition of tetrahedral meshes as a data type
  • VolRend Volume rendering including ray tracing or texture map approximation with MIP or compositing with custom transfer functions.
• New Features:
  • Anatomy Allows you to create files for SPL Anatomy Browser
  • Correspondence Visualize corresponding nodes in models with same topology (for example, same deformed mesh)
  • Model Hierarchy Allows object hierarchies in MRML files
  • Volume Math Improved functionality.
  • Reformat Reformat and save volumes.

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3. Installation Instructions

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3a. Installing on Solaris

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3b. Installing on Windows

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3c. Installing on Linux

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3d. Installing on Mac

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