Revision as of 13:34, 17 February 2012

Introduction

3D Slicer is a cross platform desktop application for

image visualization and
image processing
3D Slicer is a free, open source package available as an executable for multiple operating systems (Windows, MAC, Linux).

Computers running 3d Slicer need enough memory and graphics capabilities to hold the original data and the processing results in local memory.

Memory: more than 4GB (8 or more are recommended).
Display: a minimum resolution of 1024 by 768 (1280 by 1024 or better is recommended).
Dedicated graphics hardware and memory (1GB is recommended).
Many compuations in Slicer are multi-threaded and will benefit from multi core, multi CPU configurations.
Interface device: a three button mouse with scroll wheel is recommended. For other devices, see here for "how to".

Windows 7 64bit
Mac OS X Lion
Linux: recent versions of popular distributions should work. Ubuntu and Fedora are the most widely used distribution among the developers.

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 * Display: a minimum resolution of '''1024 by 768''' (1280 by 1024 or better is recommended).
 * '''Dedicated''' graphics hardware and memory (1GB is recommended).
-* Many compuations in Slicer are multi-threaded and will benefit from the presence of multiple cores/CPUs.
+* Many compuations in Slicer are multi-threaded and will benefit from multi core, multi CPU configurations.
 * Interface device: a three button mouse with scroll wheel is recommended. For other devices, see [[Documentation/4.0/SlicerApplication/MouseandKeyboardShortcuts#Rotate.2C_Zoom.2C_Pan|here]] for "how to".