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Introduction and Acknowledgements

Author(s)/Contributor(s): Steve Pieper (Isomics Inc.), Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin (Kitware), Julien Finet (Kitware), Benjamin Long (Kitware)
Acknowledgements: This work is part of the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC), funded by the National Institutes of Health through the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research, Grant U54 EB005149.
Contact: Steve Pieper, <email>pieper@bwh.harvard.edu</email>
Isomics, Inc.  
Kitware, Inc.  
National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC)  

Module Description

Easy access to datasets for experimenting with Slicer. MR and CT datasets are available. Note: requires internet access. Sample Data Module

Use Cases

Examples:

  • Use Case 1: Download an MR Volume to experimenting with the EMSegmenter.
  • Use Case 2: Download a CT Volume for use with the Volume Rendering Module.
  • Use Case 3: Download a DTI Volume for use with Tractography.

Tutorials

Panels and their use

This interface consists of a series of buttons for various download volumes. Status about downloads is displayed below the buttons.

Similar Modules

  • The DICOM module can be used to access sample data on DICOM servers.

References

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Information for Developers

This module is written in python, and relies on MRML's ability to access datasets via the http protocol.

The sample data is accessed from the wiki at this url: http://www.slicer.org/slicerWiki/index.php/SampleData


Modules can register their own sample data by following the example in the module.