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Module Name

4D Analysis Module

Screenshot of 4D Analysis Module for lung perfusion data. The module provides several functionality to analyze intensity variation in specified regions of interest, including plotting and curve fitting.

General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: Interactive

Category: 4D

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• Junichi Tokuda, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Hiroto Hatabu, M.D., Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Contact: Junichi Tokuda, tokuda at bwh.harvard.edu

Module Description

The 4D Analysis Module allows you to load, visualize and analyze a time-series of 3D images (4D image) on 3D Slicer. Currently, the module offers the following functions:

• 4D image loader. The module can load up a series of 3D images from a specified directory. It analyzes DICOM header of the files in the directory and split them into time-frames, even if all frames have the same series number (some MRI scanners generates time-series images without incrementing series number, resulting a large number (typically several thousands) of 2D image files output in a single directory). The module can also read a directory, which contains NRRD files.
• Time scroll. The module provides a scroll-bar interface to scroll the frame in time-direction. It allows you to scroll the frame for foreground and background screens independently to compare two images at the different time points.
• Intensity plot. The module can draw intensity curve at the specified region of interest.
• Series registration. The module provides a user-interface to perform image registration for each frame with a key frame. This function is useful if you want to perform intensity curve analysis on a series of images of an organ moving through the frames.

Usage

Examples, Use Cases & Tutorials

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• Link to examples of the module's use
• Link to any existing tutorials

Quick Tour of Features and Use

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Development

Installation

Although the module's source directory is in the trunk repository, it is not included in the CMake configuration. To use 4D Analysis Module, you need edit Slicer3/Modules/CMakeLists.txt and build the module.

(Supposing you have your local copy of 3D SLicer under <working directory>, in the following instruction)

1. Edit Slicer3/Modules/CMakeLists.txt

In subdirs section, insert 'FourDAnalysis' as:

subdirs(
  MRIBiasFieldCorrection
  
  ...
  
  FastMarchingSegmentation
  FourDImage
  FourDAnalysis                                # <- Here!!
  ExtractSubvolumeROI
  
  ...
  )

2. Build the module

In Linux or Mac OS X,

cd <working directory>/Slicer3-build/Modules
make

In Windows, open the project file in <working directory>/Slicer3-build/Modules, and build all.

3. Check the module

If the module has been built successfully, it shows up in the '4D' section in the module selection list.

Dependencies

The intensity curve analysis functions depend on SciPy package. Please turn on SciPy option when you build your 3D Slicer.

Known bugs

Follow this link to the Slicer3 bug tracker.

Usability issues

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Source code & documentation

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More Information

Graph plotting

The module provides a set of classes to support curve plotting, which can potentially be used for other projects. Please refer [Slicer3:2DPlot] for more detail.

Acknowledgment

This work is supported by NIH (5R21CA116271: Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of pulmonary nodule at 3T, PI: Hiroto Hatabu), NA-MIC, and NCIGT.