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|[[#What is 3D Slicer|What is 3D Slicer]]
 
|[[#Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights|Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights]]
 
|[[#Slicer Training|Slicer Training]]
 
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= Summary =
 
 
 
The [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Acknowledgments community] of Slicer developers is proud to announce the release of '''Slicer {{documentation/version}}'''.
 
 
 
* Slicer {{documentation/version}} introduces
 
** An improved App Store, known as the Extension Manager, for adding plug-ins to Slicer. More than 80 plug-ins and packages of plug-ins are currently available.
 
** Close to 150 feature improvements and bug fixes have resulted in improved performance and stability.
 
** Improvements to many modules.
 
 
 
* Click here to [http://download.slicer.org/ download] Slicer {{documentation/version}} for different platforms and find pointers to the source code, mailing lists and the bug tracker.
 
* Please note that Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use. Testing of functionality is an ongoing activity with high priority, however, some features of Slicer are not fully tested.
 
* The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer.
 
 
 
[http://www.slicer.org slicer.org] is the portal to the application, training materials, and the development community.
 
 
 
= What is 3D Slicer =
 
{{:Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Slicer}}
 
 
 
= Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights =
 
 
 
<gallery caption="New and Improved Modules" widths="350px" heights="250px" perrow="3">
 
 
 
Image:Grid3dVolume.png|Improved [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/Transforms|NameOfModule]] module with XXX for YYYY - '''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZUAfR0mqqI click here for demo video]'''.<ul><li>Improved ....</li><li>Something else</li><li>And a last one</li></ul>
 
 
 
 
 
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= Slicer Training =
 
 
 
The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of updated tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer {{documentation/version}}.
 
 
 
 
 
<gallery caption="New Tutorials" widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
 
 
 
Image:2014-Slicer-Iowa-crop.png|This is an example of description {{new}}
 
 
 
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=Slicer Extensions=
 
 
 
<gallery caption="New and Improved Extensions" widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
 
 
 
 
 
Image:AirwaySegmentation-ICON.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AirwaySegmentation|Airway Segmentation]] to segment the airway from chest CT images.{{updated}}
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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== Extensions removed ==
 
 
 
* NA
 
 
 
== Extensions renamed ==
 
 
 
* PyDevRemoteDebug -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DebuggingTools|DebuggingTools]]
 
* MultidimData -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Sequences|Sequences]]
 
* TrackerStabilizer -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/TrackerStabilizer|Slicer-TrackerStabilizer]]
 
* AirwaySegmentation -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AirwaySegmentation|Slicer-AirwaySegmentation]]
 
 
 
= Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation =
 
 
 
To be done
 
 
 
= For Developers =
 
 
 
== Under the hood ==
 
 
 
* VolumeLogic:
 
** Added method [http://slicer.org/doc/html/classvtkSlicerVolumesLogic.html#a1fe71cc716593ac47988e71bdee736c9 ResampleVolumeToReferenceVolume]
 
** Added method [http://slicer.org/doc/html/classvtkSlicerVolumesLogic.html#ab852b66dc8108a8a544b845c0e055109 CloneVolumeWithoutImageData]
 
 
 
* Added support for user-defined stereo-viewing options
 
 
 
* Build-system
 
** Improved support for Visual Studio 2013
 
** Refactored management of external project launcher settings. See [http://viewvc.slicer.org/viewvc.cgi/Slicer4?view=revision&revision=23724 r23724]
 
** Added option <code>Slicer_ITKV3_COMPATIBILITY</code>. This option enabled by default will allow (if disabled) to build Slicer with ITKv3 compatibility later disabled and <code>ITK_USE_64BITS_IDS</code> enabled.
 
 
 
* SlicerExecutionModel: Added [https://github.com/Slicer/SlicerExecutionModel/pull/20#issue-18339466 ParameterSerializer support].
 
 
 
 
 
<gallery caption="Improved Toolkits" widths="350px" heights="250px" perrow="3">
 
 
 
Image:CTK-Logo.png|Moved from CTK [https://github.com/commontk/CTK/commit/f64b68a f64b68a] to [https://github.com/commontk/CTK/commit/1c97e54 1c97e54] (499 commits) <!-- git log --oneline f64b68acd717dab060db41e8bee3f0f30df1a58f...1c97e5426f898bc7d074e6122992d0dd12bab56b --no-merges | wc -l -->
 
 
 
Image:CTKApplauncher_Logo.png|Moved from CTKAppLauncher v0.1.11 to v0.1.14 (43 commits) <!-- git log --oneline v0.1.11..v0.1.14 --no-merges | wc -l -->
 
 
 
Image:ITK_logo.png|Moved from ITK v4.4.1 to v4.6.0 (1089 commits) <!-- git log --oneline v4.4.1..56fae27 --no-merges | wc -l -->
 
 
 
Image:OpenIGTLink-Logo.png|Moved from OpenIGTLink [https://github.com/openigtlink/OpenIGTLink/compare/66e272d...849b434 66e272d to 849b434] (53 commits) <!-- git log --no-merges  --oneline  66e272d..849b434 | wc -l -->
 
 
 
Image:Qt-logo.png |Moved from Qt 4.7.4 to Qt 4.8.6
 
 
 
Image:VTK_logo.png|Moved from VTK v5.10.1 to VTK v6.2.0 (5490 commits) <!-- git log --oneline v5.10.1..b55dad7 --no-merges | wc -l -->
 
 
 
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== Looking at the Code Changes ==
 
 
 
From a git checkout you can easily see the all the commits since the time of the 4.4.0 release:
 
 
 
git log v4.3.0..HEAD
 
 
 
To see a summary of your own commits, you could use something like:
 
 
 
git log v4.3.0..HEAD  --oneline --author=pieper
 
 
 
see [https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html the git log man page] for more options.
 
 
 
[[Release_Details#Slicer_{{documentation/version}}.0|Commit stats and full changelog]]
 
 
 
= Related Projects =
 
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