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| − | |[[#Summary|Summary ]]
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| − | |[[#What is 3D Slicer|What is 3D Slicer]]
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| − | |[[#Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights|Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights]]
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| − | |[[#Slicer Training|Slicer Training]]
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| − | |[[#Slicer Extensions|Slicer Extensions]]
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| − | = Summary =
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| − | The [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Acknowledgments community] of Slicer developers is proud to announce the release of '''Slicer {{documentation/version}}'''.
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| − | * Slicer {{documentation/version}} introduces
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| − | ** An improved App Store, known as the Extension Manager, for adding plug-ins to Slicer. More than 80 plug-ins and packages of plug-ins are currently available.
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| − | ** Close to 150 feature improvements and bug fixes have resulted in improved performance and stability.
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| − | ** Improvements to many modules.
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| − | * Click here to [http://download.slicer.org/ download] Slicer {{documentation/version}} for different platforms and find pointers to the source code, mailing lists and the bug tracker.
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| − | * Please note that Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use. Testing of functionality is an ongoing activity with high priority, however, some features of Slicer are not fully tested.
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| − | * The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer.
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| − | [http://www.slicer.org slicer.org] is the portal to the application, training materials, and the development community.
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| − | = What is 3D Slicer =
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| − | = Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights =
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| − | Image:Grid3dVolume.png|Improved [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/Transforms|NameOfModule]] module with XXX for YYYY - '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUAfR0mqqI click here for demo video]'''.<ul><li>Improved ....</li><li>Something else</li><li>And a last one</li></ul>
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| − | = Slicer Training =
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| − | The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of updated tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer {{documentation/version}}.
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| − | Image:2014-Slicer-Iowa-crop.png|This is an example of description {{new}}
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| − | =Slicer Extensions=
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| − | Image:AnglePlanes.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AnglePlanesExtension|AnglePlanesExtension]] This Module is used to calculate the angle between two planes by using the normals. The user gets the choice to use two planes which are already implemented on Slicer or they can define a plane by using landmarks (at least 3 landmarks). Plane can also be saved to be reused for other models. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:CMRTK-logo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Cardiac_MRI_Toolkit|Cardiac_MRI_Toolkit]] The Cardiac MRI Toolkit includes modules for the Utah Afib DBP {{updated}}
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| − | Image:ChangeTracker_logo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/ChangeTracker|ChangeTracker]] is for quantification of the subtle changes in pathology. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:SlicerCIPLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Chest_Imaging_Platform|Chest_Imaging_Platform]] Chest Imaging Platform is an extension for quantitative CT imaging biomarkers for lung diseases. This work is funded by the National Heart, Lung, And Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01HL116931. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. {{new}}
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| − | Image:CurveMakerIcon.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/CurveMaker|CurveMaker]] is a module to generate a curve based on a list of fiducial points. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:DiceSimilarityCoefficient.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DiceComputation|DiceComputation]] to calculate the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) between multiple label map images. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:screenshot.php?group_id=403&screenshot_id=606|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DTIAtlasFiberAnalyzer|DTIAtlasFiberAnalyzer]] DTIAtlasFiberAnalyzer allows the user to study the behavior of water diffusion (using DTI data) along the length of the white matter fiber-tracts. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:index.php?title=Main_Page|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Eigen|Eigen]] a C++ template library for linear algebra: matrices, vectors, numerical solvers, and related algorithms. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:screenshot.php?group_id=534&screenshot_id=767|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/FiberViewerLight|FiberViewerLight]] FiberViewerLight is an open-source software to visualize and edit fibers {{updated}}
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| − | Image:GelDosimetry_Logo_128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/GelDosimetryAnalysis|GelDosimetryAnalysis]] Slicelet covering the gel dosimetry analysis workflow used in commissioning new radiation techniques and to validate the accuracy of radiation treatment by enabling visual comparison of the planned dose to the delivered dose, where correspondence between the two dose distributions is achieved using embedded landmarks. Gel dosimetry is based on imaging chemical systems spatially fixed in gelatin, which exhibit a detectable change upon irradiation. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:GraphCutSegment.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/GraphCutSegment|GraphCutSegment]] This is a segment extension using graph cut and star shape algorithm. This extension can be used for research purposes ONLY. It can NOT be used for commercial purposes. {{new}}
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| − | Image:IASEM.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/IASEM|IASEM]] for segmentation and processing of IASEM Electron Microscopy images. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:LightWeightRobotIGT.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/LightWeightRobotIGT|LightWeightRobotIGT]] 3D Slicer module for communication between 3D Slicer and LightWeight robot. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:LongitudinalPETCTLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/LongitudinalPETCT|LongitudinalPETCT]] The purpose of the Longitudinal PET/CT Analysis module is to provide a user friendly Slicer interface for quantification of DICOM PET/CT image data by computing the standardized uptake value (SUV) based on bodyweight for different regions of interest and for different timepoints. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:LumpNav.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/LumpNav|LumpNav]] Breast tumor resection using tracked ultrasound and cautery {{new}}
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| − | Image:MABMIS_Icon.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MABMIS|MABMIS]] Multi-Atlas Based Group Segmentation {{updated}}
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| − | Image:MarginCalculator_Logo2_128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MarginCalculator|MarginCalculator]] The Matlab Bridge extension allows running Matlab scripts as command-line interface (CLI) modules directly from 3D Slicer. The only prerequisites for running Matlab scripts are having this extension and Matlab installed on the 3D Slicer computer (building of 3D Slicer, MEX files, etc. is not needed). Extension version: 0.13.0. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:MatlabBridgeLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MatlabBridge|MatlabBridge]] The Matlab Bridge extension allows running Matlab scripts as command-line interface (CLI) modules directly from 3D Slicer. The only prerequisites for running Matlab scripts are having this extension and Matlab installed on the 3D Slicer computer (building of 3D Slicer, MEX files, etc. is not needed). {{updated}}
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| − | Image:Slicer4ExtensionModelToModelDistance.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/ModelToModelDistance|ModelToModelDistance]] This extension computes the distance between two 3D models {{updated}}
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| − | Image:NeedleFinder.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/NeedleFinder|NeedleFinder]] NeedleFinder: fast interactive needle detection. It provides interactive tools to segment needles in MR/CT images. It has been mostly tested on MRI from gynelogical brachytherapy cases. Cf <<Validation of Catheter Segmentation for MR-Guided Gynecologic Cancer Brachytherapy.>> MICCAI 2013 {{updated}}
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| − | Image:PAAlogo-small.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PercutaneousApproachAnalysis|PercutaneousApproachAnalysis]] The Percutaneous Approach Analysis is used to calculate and visualize the accessibility of liver tumor with a percutaneous approach. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:PET-IndiC.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PET-IndiC|PET-IndiC]] The PET-IndiC Extension allows for fast segmentation of regions of interest and calculation of quantitative indices. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:DPetBrainQuantification.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PetSpectAnalysis|PetSpectAnalysis]] First Version of the Pet Spect Analysis Extension {{updated}}
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| − | Image:PickAndPaint.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PickAndPaintExtension|PickAndPaintExtension]] Pick 'n Paint tool allows users to select ROIs on a reference model and to propagate it over different time point models. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:PkModeling.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PkModeling|PkModeling]] PkModeling is a Slicer4 Extension that provides pharmacokinetic modeling for dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE MRI). {{updated}}
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| − | Image:Portplacement_icon.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PortPlacement|PortPlacement]] Assists in the planning of surgical port placement in a laparoscopic procedure. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:ReportingLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Reporting|Reporting]] The purpose of the Reporting module is to provide Slicer interface for creating image annotations/markup that are stored in a structured form, and can be exported into Annotation Image Markup (AIM) XML-based format. The documentation is available at this location: http://wiki.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/Documentation/4.2/Extensions/Reporting {{updated}}
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| − | Image:screenshot.php?group_id=759&screenshot_id=704|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/ShapePopulationViewer|ShapePopulationViewer]] Visualize and interact with multiple surfaces at the same time to easily compare them {{updated}}
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| − | Image:SkullStripper.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SkullStripper|SkullStripper]] Skull stripping for structural MR images of the brain, tested on T1 and T2 contrast. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:AirwaySegmentation-ICON.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Slicer-AirwaySegmentation|Slicer-AirwaySegmentation]] CLI module for airway segmentation of chest CT images {{updated}}
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| − | Image:SlicerHeart_Logo_128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerHeart|SlicerHeart]] Modules for cardiac analysis and intervention planning and guidance {{new}}
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| − | Image:SlicerIGTLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerIGT|SlicerIGT]] This extension contains modules that enable rapid prototyping of applications for image-guided interventions. Intended users should have real-time imaging and/or tracking hardware (e.g. tracked ultrasound) connected to 3D Slicer through OpenIGTLink network. Specific modules allow patient registration to the navigation coordinate system in 3D Slicer, and real-time update of tracked models and images. {{updated}}
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| − | Image:SlicerProstate_Logo_1.0_128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerProstate|SlicerProstate]] SlicerProstate extension hosts various modules to facilitate processing and management of prostate image data, utilizing prostate images in image-guided interventions and development of the imaging biomarkers of the prostate cancer. {{new}}
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| − | Image:SlicerRT_Logo_3.0_128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerRT|SlicerRT]] Modules for radiation therapy research. Features include DICOM-RT import/export, dose volume histogram, dose accumulation, structure comparison and morphology, isodose line/surface generation, etc. Version 0.17.1 {{updated}}
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| − | Image:Slicer-Wasp.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Slicer-Wasp|Slicer-Wasp]] A module to perform a series of ITK watershed segmentation (without seeds) and then let the user create a label map out of selected components. {{new}}
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| − | Image:T1_Mapping_Logo_Resized.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/T1Mapping|T1Mapping]] T1 mapping estimates effective tissue parameter maps (T1) from multi-spectral FLASH MRI scans with different flip angles. {{new}}
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| − | Image:UKF_icon.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/UKFTractography|UKFTractography]] A framework which uses an unscented Kalman filter for performing tractography. The development of this module was supported by NIH grants R01 MH097979 (PI Rathi), R01 MH092862 (PIs Westin and Verma), U01 NS083223 (PI Westin), R01 MH074794 (PI Westin) and P41 EB015902 (PI Kikinis). {{updated}}
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| − | Image:VolumeClipLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/VolumeClip|VolumeClip]] Clip volumes with surface models and ROI boxes {{updated}}
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| − | Image:WindowLevelEffectLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/WindowLevelEffect|WindowLevelEffect]] Use this tool to change window/level of background/foreground volumes based on the intensity range of the selected rectangle. Normal mode: use primary mouse button to adjust window level. Depending on the selection, Foreground, Background or both layers are affected. Rectangle mode: Left Click and Drag: sweep out an outline that will draw when the button is released. The outline will define the rectangle for calculating the new window/level settings for the selected layers. {{updated}}
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| − | == Extensions removed ==
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| − | * houghTransformCLI: Removed because by the original author because it was not needed anymore.
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| − | * PyDevRemoteDebug -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DebuggingTools|DebuggingTools]]
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| − | * MultidimData -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Sequences|Sequences]]
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| − | * TrackerStabilizer -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/TrackerStabilizer|Slicer-TrackerStabilizer]]
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| − | * AirwaySegmentation -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AirwaySegmentation|Slicer-AirwaySegmentation]]
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| − | = Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation =
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| − | = For Developers =
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| − | == Under the hood ==
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| − | Image:CTKApplauncher_Logo.png|Moved from CTKAppLauncher v0.1.11 to v0.1.14 (43 commits) <!-- git log --oneline v0.1.11..v0.1.14 --no-merges | wc -l -->
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| − | == Looking at the Code Changes ==
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| − | From a git checkout you can easily see the all the commits since the time of the 4.4.0 release:
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| − | To see a summary of your own commits, you could use something like:
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| − | [[Release_Details#Slicer_{{documentation/version}}.0|Commit stats and full changelog]]
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