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===The "Welcome" Module===
 
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|[[Image:Welcome-welcome.png|thumb|280px|User greeting screen]]
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|[[Image:Welcome-overview.png|thumb|280px|Overview of Slicer layout and display]]
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|[[Image:Welcome-config.png|thumb|280px|Configuring Slicer GUI layout and display]]
 
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== General Information ==
 
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'''Background:''' this module is set as Slicer's default startup module unless a user checks the box (in the User greeting panel) to supress this behavior. If the option to show the welcome module at startup is de-selected, Slicer will display the user-specified '''Home''' module on startup. The Data Module is selected as '''Home''' unless a user explicitly chooses another module.
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===Module Type & Category===
 
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===Authors, Collaborators & Contact===
 
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* Author1: Wendy Plesniak Affiliation & logo, if desired
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* Wendy Plesniak, BWH
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* Ron Kikinis Affiliation & logo, if desired
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* Ron Kikinis, BWH
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* Steve Pieper Affiliation & logo, if desired
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* Steve Pieper, Isomics
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* Sonia Pujol Affiliation & logo, if desired
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* Contact: name, email
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* Contact: Wendy Plesniak, wjp@bwh.harvard.edu
  
 
===Module Description===
 
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This module is intended as a welcome screen and will be set as default on all download versions of Slicer.
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This module is intended as a welcome screen and basic overview of the Slicer software.
  
 
== Detailed Description ==
 
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Welcome to 3D Slicer 3.4. (logo)
 
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<br>This page contains some information and links to get you started. Please see our website, http://www.slicer.org for additional information.
 
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3D Slicer is a free open source software package distributed under a BSD style license. See [http://www.slicer.org/cgi-bin/License/SlicerLicenseForm.pl here] for the full license.
 
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The Software has been designed for research purposes only and has not been reviewed or approved by the Food and Drug Administration or by any other agency.
 
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Each panel in the '''Welcome Module''' is intended to provide basic information to help new users become acquainted with Slicer. The following informational panels are provided in the module, and populate the GUI from top to bottom. They provide a brief overview of their respective topics and provide links to additional information. '''Note: we would like to sincerely thank members of the Slicer User Community for helping us to design this information overview.'''
  
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* '''Load'''
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**Volumes: Short explanation of the different volumes that can be loaded into slicer (dicom, nrrd, nifti, tiff, jpeg etc.) and a short description of which module/panel to use to do it (e.g for Dicom images use File/Add Volume or click here).
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* Overview:
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**Models
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**Scenes
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* Loading Scenes & Data:
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* '''Save'''
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* Adjusting Data Display:
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**Loading and Viewing Data: Link to the same named tutorial
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**Data Fusion: Link to the registration tutorial and to the registration subpanel
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* Mouse Modes
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* Customizing Slicer
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* Community
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* Acknowledgement
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**To learn more: Link to the tutorial pages and to the NA-MIC events page
 
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==Acknowledgment==
 
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NAC, NA-MIC, NCIGT, MBirn, Fbirn
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Latest revision as of 21:41, 28 April 2010

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The "Welcome" Module

User greeting screen
Overview of Slicer layout and display
Configuring Slicer GUI layout and display

General Information

Background: this module is set as Slicer's default startup module unless a user checks the box (in the User greeting panel) to supress this behavior. If the option to show the welcome module at startup is de-selected, Slicer will display the user-specified Home module on startup. The Data Module is selected as Home unless a user explicitly chooses another module.

Module Type & Category

Type: Interactive

Category: Core Module

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

  • Wendy Plesniak, BWH
  • Ron Kikinis, BWH
  • Steve Pieper, Isomics
  • Sonia Pujol, BWH
  • Contact: Wendy Plesniak, wjp@bwh.harvard.edu

Module Description

This module is intended as a welcome screen and basic overview of the Slicer software.

Detailed Description

Each panel in the Welcome Module is intended to provide basic information to help new users become acquainted with Slicer. The following informational panels are provided in the module, and populate the GUI from top to bottom. They provide a brief overview of their respective topics and provide links to additional information. Note: we would like to sincerely thank members of the Slicer User Community for helping us to design this information overview.

  • Welcome & About:
  • Overview:
  • Basic & Extended Modules:
  • Loading Scenes & Data:
  • Saving Scenes & Data:
  • Adjusting Data Display:
  • Configuring Viewers & Layout:
  • Mouse Modes
  • Customizing Slicer
  • Other Useful Hints
  • Community
  • Acknowledgement

Acknowledgment

NAC, NA-MIC, NCIGT, MBirn, Fbirn, CTSC

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