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Cancer Care Ontario SparKit SparKit

Introduction and Acknowledgements

Authors: Csaba Pinter (PerkLab, Queen's University), Andras Lasso (PerkLab, Queen's University), Kevin Wang (Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network Toronto)
Contributors: Greg Sharp (Massachusetts General Hospital), Steve Pieper (Isomics)
Contacts:

  • Andras Lasso, <email>lasso@cs.queensu.ca</email>
  • Mailing list, <email>slicerrt@alerts.assembla.com</email> (need to register to Assembla using the email address from which the email is sent)
  • How to report an error

Website: slicerrt.org
License: Slicer license
Download/install: install 3D Slicer, start 3D Slicer, open the Extension Manager, install the SlicerRT extension (see more details on the download page)

Extension Description

SlicerRT Logo 2.0 128x128.png

  • SlicerRT is one of the themes of the SparKit (Software Platform and Adaptive Radiotherapy Kit) project with the goal of making 3D Slicer a powerful radiotherapy research platform.
    SparKit is a project funded by Cancer Care Ontarioand the Ontario Consortium for Adaptive Interventions in Radiation Oncology (OCAIRO) to provide free, open-source toolset for radiotherapy and related image-guided interventions.
  • The SlicerRT extension incorporates Plastimatch modules and algorithms.
  • Additional information for users can be found on the User's guide page

Modules

Use Cases

  • Comparison of dose maps and dose volume histograms from various treatment planning systems
  • Evaluation of the effect of image-based non-rigid patient motion compensation
  • Dose accumulation with motion compensation
  • Evaluation of gel dosimetry
  • Testing of treatment planning algorithms
SlicerRT highlights

Tutorials

  • Summer NA-MIC week 2013 tutorial (recommended)
    • Tutorial presentation: download from Slicer wiki
    • Sample data: download from MIDAS
  • ECR 2013 - Medical University Vienna workshop
    • Workshop material: download from NA-MIC.org
  • RSNA 2012 tutorial
  • Summer NA-MIC week 2012 tutorial
    • Tutorial presentation: download from the SlicerRT website
    • Sample data: download from the SlicerRT website

Similar Extensions

  • Plastimatch: SlicerRT and Plastimatch are complementary software libraries. Plastimatch focuses on delivering new computational methods radiotherapy, while SlicerRT aims for providing an easy-to-use interface for a wide range of stable, well-tested radiotherapy related features. SlicerRT uses Plastimatch internally for certain operations.

References

How to cite

Please cite the following paper when referring to Plus in your publication:
C. Pinter, A. Lasso, A. Wang, D. Jaffray and G. Fichtinger, "SlicerRT – Radiation therapy research toolkit for 3D Slicer", Med. Phys., 39(10) pp. 6332-6338, 2012

@ARTICLE{Pinter2012,
  author = {Pinter, C. and Lasso, A. and Wang, A. and Jaffray, D. and Fichtinger, G.},
  title = {SlicerRT – Radiation therapy research toolkit for 3D Slicer},
  journal = {Med. Phys.},
  year = {2012},
  volume = {39},
  number = {10},
  pages = {6332-6338},
}

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