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= Summary =
 
 
 
The community of Slicer developers is proud to announce the release of '''Slicer {{documentation/version}}'''.
 
 
 
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The development of Slicer, including its numerous modules, extensions, datasets, patches sent on user and developer lists, issues reports, suggestions, ... is made possible by awesome users, developers, contributors, commercial partners from around the world and also invaluable grants and funding agencies.
 
 
 
For more details, see [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Acknowledgments|Acknowledgments]] page.
 
 
 
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* Slicer {{documentation/version}} introduces
 
** Close to XXX feature improvements and bug fixes have resulted in improved performance and stability
 
** XXXX of new and improved core modules and extensions
 
 
 
* 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.
 
* 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.
 
* The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer.
 
 
 
* [http://www.slicer.org slicer.org] is the portal to the application, training materials, and the development community.
 
 
 
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= Citing Slicer =
 
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= Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights =
 
 
 
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Image:SlicerDMRIScreenshot.jpg| Introduced [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerDMRI|SlicerDMRI]] extension including diffusion MRI modules formerly in Slicer core and new functionality:<ul><li>DICOM tractography import/export</li><li>Improved diffusion brain mask generation</li><li>UKF multi-fiber tractography now available on Windows</li><li>Improved user interface and documentation</li></ul>
 
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= Slicer Training =
 
 
 
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}}.
 
 
 
The first hands-on training and showcase events using Slicer 4.8 will be organized at the XXX and YYYY.
 
 
 
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Image:SubjectHierarchyTutorial.png| The [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/images/2/27/SubjectHierarchy.TutorialContestWinter2016.pdf Subject Hierarchy tutorial] demonstrates the basic usage and potential of Slicer’s data manager module Subject Hierarchy using a two-timepoint radiotherapy phantom dataset. {{new}}
 
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=Slicer Extensions=
 
 
 
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Image:AnglePlanes Logo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AnglePlanes|AnglePlanes]] This Module is used to calculate the angle between two planes by using the normals {{new}}
 
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== Improved Extensions in Slicer {{documentation/version}} ==
 
 
 
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* Improved [[Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/SlicerProstate|SlicerProstate]] extension.<ul><li>improved reporting of DWI model fit diagnostics</li><li>refactoring of the code to separate functionality common to mpReview and SliceTracker extensions into a reusable library</li></ul>
 
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== Extensions removed from Slicer {{documentation/version}} ==
 
 
 
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== Extensions renamed ==
 
 
 
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* PyDevRemoteDebug -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DebuggingTools|DebuggingTools]]
 
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= Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation =
 
 
 
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= For Developers =
 
 
 
== Modules and Extensions ==
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
== Slicer Core ==
 
 
 
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== Looking at the Code Changes ==
 
 
 
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