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* Preparations are underway for a major new release of Slicer 3, called Slicer 3.2. The release is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2008.
 
* Preparations are underway for a major new release of Slicer 3, called Slicer 3.2. The release is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2008.
* The new release is based on recently released versions of vtk (5.2), itk (3.6), and cmake (2.6).  
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* Multi-platform: binaries for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are available for download
* The entire build infrastructure of Slicer was modified to enable the use of new features available in the underlying packages.
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* Scenesnapshot allows capture of all visualization parameters of a scene
* Major features have been added in comparison to the Slicer 3.0 release from January 2008. See below for highlights.
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* The new release contains hundreds of changes to the software and is based on recently released versions of vtk (5.2), itk (3.6), and cmake (2.6).  
** However, some features of Slicer3 '''are not fully tested'''.
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* Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use. Some features of Slicer3 '''are not fully tested'''.
* Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use.
 
 
* Click [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Downloads here] to download Slicer3
 
* Click [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Downloads here] to download Slicer3
 
| style="background: #C3D1C3" align="center"| [[Modules:VolumeRendering-Documentation|Integrated Volume Rendering]]: <br>The bone and large vessels are volume rendered. <br>The other structures are surface rendered <br>and combined with cross-sections.
 
| style="background: #C3D1C3" align="center"| [[Modules:VolumeRendering-Documentation|Integrated Volume Rendering]]: <br>The bone and large vessels are volume rendered. <br>The other structures are surface rendered <br>and combined with cross-sections.

Revision as of 11:58, 25 May 2008

Home < Announcements:Slicer3.2

Slicer 3.2

  • Preparations are underway for a major new release of Slicer 3, called Slicer 3.2. The release is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2008.
  • Multi-platform: binaries for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are available for download
  • Scenesnapshot allows capture of all visualization parameters of a scene
  • The new release contains hundreds of changes to the software and is based on recently released versions of vtk (5.2), itk (3.6), and cmake (2.6).
  • Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use. Some features of Slicer3 are not fully tested.
  • Click here to download Slicer3
Integrated Volume Rendering:
The bone and large vessels are volume rendered.
The other structures are surface rendered
and combined with cross-sections.
Example of Volume Rendering

New and improved features

  • Affine and b-Spline registration
  • Loadable Modules
  • EM segementer
  • Scenesnapshots