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− | [[image:Slicer4Announcement-HiRes.png|center|'''{{documentation/version}}''']]
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− | |[[#Summary|Summary ]]
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− | |[[#What is 3D Slicer|What is 3D Slicer]]
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− | |[[#Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights|Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights]]
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− | |[[#Slicer Training|Slicer Training]]
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− | |[[#Slicer Extensions|Slicer Extensions]]
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− | |[[#Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation|Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation]]
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− | = Summary =
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− | The [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Acknowledgments community] of Slicer developers is proud to announce the release of '''Slicer {{documentation/version}}'''.
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− | * Slicer {{documentation/version}} introduces
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− | ** 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.
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− | ** Close to 150 feature improvements and bug fixes have resulted in improved performance and stability.
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− | ** Improvements to many modules.
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− | * 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.
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− | * 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.
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− | * The [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Training|Slicer Training]] page provides a series of tutorials and data sets for training in the use of Slicer.
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− | [http://www.slicer.org slicer.org] is the portal to the application, training materials, and the development community.
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− | = What is 3D Slicer =
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− | = Slicer {{documentation/version}} Highlights =
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− | <gallery caption="New and Improved Modules" widths="350px" heights="250px" perrow="3">
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− | 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 =
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− | 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}}.
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− | <gallery caption="New Tutorials" widths="250px" heights="150px" perrow="4">
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− | Image:2014-Slicer-Iowa-crop.png|This is an example of description {{new}}
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− | =Slicer Extensions=
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− | Image:AnglePlanes Logo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AnglePlanes|AnglePlanes]] This Module is used to calculate the angle between two planes by using the normals {{new}}
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− | Image:Chest_Imaging_Platform.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Chest_Imaging_Platform|Chest_Imaging_Platform]] Chest Imaging Platform is an extension for quantitative CT imaging biomarkers for lung diseases {{new}}
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− | Image:DebuggingTools.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DebuggingTools|DebuggingTools]] This extension contains various tools useful for developing and debugging modules {{new}}
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− | Image:SlicerExtension-DeveloperToolsForExtensions.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DeveloperToolsForExtensions|DeveloperToolsForExtensions]] This extension offers different tools to help developers when they create Slicer extension {{new}}
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− | Image:DTI-Reg.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DTI-Reg|DTI-Reg]] DTI-Reg is an extension that performs pair-wise DTI registration, using scalar FA map to drive the registration {{new}}
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− | Image:EasyClipLogo.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/EasyClip|EasyClip]] This Module is used to clip one or different 3D Models according to a predetermined plane {{new}}
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− | Image:GraphCutSegment.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/GraphCutSegment|GraphCutSegment]] This is a segment extension using graph cut and star shape algorithm {{new}}
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− | Image:LumpNav.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/LumpNav|LumpNav]] Breast tumor resection using tracked ultrasound and cautery {{new}}
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− | Image:MarginCalculator Logo2 128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MarginCalculator|MarginCalculator]] The Matlab Bridge extension allows running Matlab scripts as command-line interface (CLI) modules directly from 3D Slicer {{new}}
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− | Image:MeshStatisticsExtension.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MeshStatisticsExtension|MeshStatisticsExtension]] Mesh Statistics allows users to compute descriptive statistics over specific and predefined regions {{new}}
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− | Image:Icon1.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MeshToLabelMap|MeshToLabelMap]] This extension computes a label map from a 3D model {{new}}
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− | Image:PET-IndiC.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PET-IndiC|PET-IndiC]] The PET-IndiC Extension allows for fast segmentation of regions of interest and calculation of quantitative indices {{new}}
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− | Image:DPetBrainQuantification.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PetSpectAnalysis|PetSpectAnalysis]] First Version of the Pet Spect Analysis Extension {{new}}
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− | Image:PETTumorSegmentationExtensionIcon.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PETTumorSegmentation|PETTumorSegmentation]] Tumor and lymph node segmentation in PET scans {{new}}
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− | Image:PickAndPaintExtension.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PickAndPaintExtension|PickAndPaintExtension]] Pick 'n Paint tool allows users to select ROIs on a reference model and to propagate it over different time point models {{new}}
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− | Image:Q3DC.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Q3DC|Q3DC]] This extension contains one module of the same name {{new}}
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− | Image:ResampleDTIlogEuclidean.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/ResampleDTIlogEuclidean|ResampleDTIlogEuclidean]] This resamples Diffusion Tensor Images (DTI) in the log-euclidean framework {{new}}
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− | Image:SlicerHeart Logo 128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerHeart|SlicerHeart]] Modules for cardiac analysis and intervention planning and guidance {{new}}
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− | Image:SlicerProstate Logo 1.0 128x128.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerProstate|SlicerProstate]] SlicerProstate extension hosts various modules to facilitate processing and management of prostate image data, utilizing prostate images in image-guided interventions and development of the imaging biomarkers of the prostate cancer {{new}}
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− | Image:Slicer-Wasp.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Slicer-Wasp|Slicer-Wasp]] A module to perform a series of ITK watershed segmentation (without seeds) and then let the user create a label map out of selected components {{new}}
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− | Image:T1 Mapping Logo Resized.png|[[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/T1Mapping|T1Mapping]] T1 mapping estimates effective tissue parameter maps (T1) from multi-spectral FLASH MRI scans with different flip angles {{new}}
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− | == Improved Extensions in Slicer 4.5 ==
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− | * [http://www.nitrc.org/projects/abc ABC]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/CMFreg|CMFreg]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/CurveMaker|CurveMaker]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DTIProcess|DTIProcess]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Modules/GelDosimetry|GelDosimetryAnalysis]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/IntensitySegmenter|IntensitySegmenter]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/MatlabBridge|MatlabBridge]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/ModelToModelDistance|ModelToModelDistance]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/NeedleFinder|NeedleFinder]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PETDICOM|PETDICOMExtension]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/PercutaneousApproachAnalysis|PercutaneousApproachAnalysis]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Reporting|Reporting]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerIGT|SlicerIGT]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/SlicerRT|SlicerRT]]
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− | * [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/VolumeClip|VolumeClip]]
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− | == Extensions removed from Slicer 4.5 ==
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− | * houghTransformCLI: Removed because by the original author because it was not needed anymore.
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− | == Extensions renamed ==
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− | * PyDevRemoteDebug -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/DebuggingTools|DebuggingTools]]
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− | * MultidimData -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/Sequences|Sequences]]
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− | * TrackerStabilizer -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/TrackerStabilizer|Slicer-TrackerStabilizer]]
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− | * AirwaySegmentation -> [[Documentation/{{documentation/version}}/Extensions/AirwaySegmentation|Slicer-AirwaySegmentation]]
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− | = Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation =
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− | To be done
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− | = For Developers =
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− | == Under the hood ==
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− | To be done
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− | * Build-system
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− | ** Improved support for Visual Studio 2013
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− | <gallery caption="Improved Toolkits" widths="350px" heights="250px" perrow="3">
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− | 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 -->
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− | 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 -->
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− | 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 -->
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− | 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 -->
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− | Image:Qt-logo.png |Moved from Qt 4.7.4 to Qt 4.8.6
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− | 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 ==
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− | From a git checkout you can easily see the all the commits since the time of the 4.4.0 release:
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− | git log v4.3.0..HEAD
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− | To see a summary of your own commits, you could use something like:
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− | git log v4.3.0..HEAD --oneline --author=pieper
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− | see [https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-log.html the git log man page] for more options.
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− | [[Release_Details#Slicer_{{documentation/version}}.0|Commit stats and full changelog]]
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− | = Related Projects =
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