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Revision as of 15:54, 16 July 2013

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MatlabBridge is only available for nightly builds, but unfortunately extensions for nightly builds may not be available immediately. If the extension does not appear for your installed Slicer version, then use an earler nightly version of Slicer, such as this release

Introduction and Acknowledgements

Author: Andras Lasso (PerkLab, Queen's University), Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin (Kitware), Kevin Wang (Radiation Medicine Program, Princess Margaret Hospital, University Health Network Toronto), Gabor Fichtinger (PerkLab, Queen's University)
Contact: Andras Lasso, <email>lasso@cs.queensu.ca</email>
Project website: http://www.slicerrt.org
License: Slicer license

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Extension Description

MatlabBridgeLogo.png

MatlabBridge is an extension of 3D Slicer to allow running Matlab functions directly in 3D Slicer.

Highlights:

  • The extension allows running of Matlab functions directly from 3D Slicer: it takes the input from the data loaded into Slicer and visualizes the results in Slicer right after the execution is completed
  • If you change any input on the GUI (and the “AutoRun” option is enabled) the bridge automatically re-runs the Matlab script with the updated parameters and shows the new results
  • If you change your Matlab function then you can re-run the function and see the updated results with a single click
  • The graphical user interface is generated automatically from a standard command-line interface definition XML file (no GUI programming needed)
  • You can get started quickly by generating a skeleton Matlab function and interface definition XML file using the Matlab Module Generator module
  • No building of 3D Slicer or MEX files, etc. are needed – the only requirements are to download and install 3D Slicer with the MatlabBridge extension and have Matlab on your computer

The Matlab module behaves exactly as any other command-line-interface module, the Matlab engine is started automatically in the background (and it is kept running in the background so that you don’t have to wait for Matlab startup each time you run your function)

Demo videos:

Tutorial: How to create, run, customize Matlab modules

Modules

Use Cases

  • Example Matlab module user interface in Slicer

  • Matlab Bridge modules appear under the Developer Tools / Matlab category

  • A skeleton Matlab script can be created and installed using the Matlab module generator.

  • The Matlab Commander allows running any commands from the user interface or from another Slicer module.

Tutorials

Information for Developers

Tested with Matlab R2012a and R2013a.

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