Documentation/4.0

3D Slicer
Description
Research platform for the analysis and visualization of medical images, including image guided therapy.
Free and extensible open source package.
Multi-platform	Linux, MacOSX, Windows
Version	4.0
License	Contribution and Software License Agreement

The 4.0 release of 3D Slicer contains significant changes both to the organization of the software and to the functionality. Please check the 4.0 Announcement page for more details. The community contributing to Slicer 4.0 is acknowledged here.

• For information on how to obtain Slicer 4.0 please go to the Download Pages.
• For documentation on other versions of Slicer see here

Main GUI Main Application GUI "Hot-keys" and Keyboard Shortcuts Loading or Saving scenes, DICOM, volumes, models, fiducials, transforms, etc. Setting up and using stereoscopic viewing Mailing Lists The users mailing list is intended for discussions about the use of Slicer. The developers mailing list is intended for the discussion of programming related question.		Module Categories Core Modules Wizards IGT Informatics Quantification Registration Segmentation Diffusion Filtering Surface Models Converters Endoscopy Quantification Legacy		Miscellaneous Visual blog Set of screenshots showing Slicer in action. Training pages Information on how to use Slicer 4.0 FAQ Set of common questions/answers Developers Corner MediaWiki Extensions testing page This page serves as a MediaWiki sandbox Handy Developer Info Developer Information

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Requirements for Modules

• The module is feature complete, i.e. it does everything that it advertises
• The module has a test. See here for more information.
• The module is fully documented. See here for the end-user documentation template.
• The module complies with Rons rules for tool and the style guide lines, including color palette.
• Use the logos in the Logos Gallery

Modules by Category

Core Modules

• Annotations (Nicole Aucoin)
• Colors (Nicole Aucoin)
• Data (Julien Finet)
• DICOM (Steve Pieper)
• Editor (Steve Pieper)
• Models (Nicole Aucoin)
• SceneViews (Nicole Aucoin)
• Transforms (Alex Yarmarkovich)
• View Controllers (Jim Miller)
• Volumes (Steve Pieper)
• Volume Rendering (Julien Finet)
• Welcome to Slicer (Wendy Plesniak)

Filtering

• N4ITK Bias Field Correction (Andrey Fedorov)
• Denoising
  • Gradient Anisotropic Diffusion (Jim Miller)

Surface Models

• ModelMaker (Nicole Aucoin)

Converters

• Create a Dicom Series (Bill Lorensen)

Endoscopy

• Endoscopy (Steve Pieper)

Quantification

• Label Statistics (Steve Pieper)

Developer Tools

• Cameras (Julien Finet)
• EventBroker (Julien Finet)

Extensions

Introduction

• Slicer Extensions are the "on-ramp" to the Slicer "highway". slicer Extensions provide a voluntary mechanism for anybody, including third parties, to extend the functionality of 3d Slicer.
• While the Slicer license is suggested for extensions, it is not required. Please review the documentation of the extension carefully as some extensions might have a "non-Slicer" license.
• For a subset of extensions, you can use the extension wizard in Slicer to find their webpages and to install/uninstall individual extensions.
• In case of problems with extensions, please talk directly to the developers of the extensions.
• Information for developers can be found here. See here for the end-user documentation template.
• In Slicer 4, all new modules will begin as "Immature Extensions". They will progress to the status of "Mature Extensions", when they meet all the criteria listed below. In order to become part of the main Slicer distribution a discussion with the Slicer core team will have to be initiated after reaching the mature extension status. While extensions can be made available under many licenses, the main Slicer distribution will contain ONLY code under the slicer license, with no known IP liabilities.

Collections

Collections are groups of extensions that can be downloaded in a single operation. You can think of them as the equivalent to a playlist.

id	Thumbnail	Name	Short Description	Maturity	Slicer License	Search terms	Contact Information
1		MyCollection	This is a collection of extensions that will do something miraculous with your images			segmentation, level set	my-email at mit.edu

Table Of Extensions

id	Thumbnail	Name	Short Description	Maturity	Slicer License	Search terms	Contact Information
1		MyExtension	This is an extension that will do something wonderful with your data			filter, anisotropic	my-email at gmail.com
2		MyExtension	This is an extension that will do something miraculous with your images			segmentation, level set	my-email at mit.edu

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  Distributed under the Slicer License

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  Distributed under a Non Slicer License

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  Work in progress (aka mess)
  Use with care
  Might not work all the time
  Might not be available for all platforms

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  Stable
  Full documentation
  Works as advertised
  Compiles on all supported platforms
  Email support works