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= User Experience =
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DTI analysis involves many of Slicer's provisions, but the overall experience can be like picking through a haystack to find the needles you need. How might we make this easier?
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== workflow-support ==
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Since this kind of analysis is something we want to support, we might support flexible wizards that walk people through a standard set of steps as part of the analysis. This mechanism would '''streamline workflow'''.
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== better organized module list ==
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The main pull-down menu exposes a pile of fuunctionality that's loosely structured. A few interesting comments to illustrate the point:
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* Under "Segmentation's" cascade menu are a list of tools for automated segmentation, but the Editor module for manual segmentation isn't listed.
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* Under "Registration" there are many tools available, but it may not be clear to a user which of these options is appropriate for their datasets.
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* As a more general point, module names need to communicate underlying algorithms for some users, and need to communicate what they're best used for to other users.

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User Experience

DTI analysis involves many of Slicer's provisions, but the overall experience can be like picking through a haystack to find the needles you need. How might we make this easier?

workflow-support

Since this kind of analysis is something we want to support, we might support flexible wizards that walk people through a standard set of steps as part of the analysis. This mechanism would streamline workflow.

better organized module list

The main pull-down menu exposes a pile of fuunctionality that's loosely structured. A few interesting comments to illustrate the point:

  • Under "Segmentation's" cascade menu are a list of tools for automated segmentation, but the Editor module for manual segmentation isn't listed.
  • Under "Registration" there are many tools available, but it may not be clear to a user which of these options is appropriate for their datasets.
  • As a more general point, module names need to communicate underlying algorithms for some users, and need to communicate what they're best used for to other users.