Modules:PlastimatchDICOMRT

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Plastimatch > DICOM-RT Import

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General Information

Module Type & Category

Type: CLI

Category: Plastimatch

Authors, Collaborators & Contact

• Authors: See AUTHORS.TXT contained within the package
• Contact: Greg Sharp, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital (gcsharp@partners.org)
• Web page: http://plastimatch.org

Module Description

This is the DICOM-RT structure set import module. It allows you to select a file containing DICOM-RT structure sets, and it creates a 3D Slicer labelmap.

Usage

Tutorials

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Quick Tour of Features and Use

Input/Output panel: Input DICOM-RT SS: Here you choose the file which contains a DICOM-RT structure set. Reference Volume (to set size): Here you choose any loaded volume. The import module will create a labelmap at the same resolution and pixel spacing as the reference volume that you choose here. This field is required. Output Labelmap: Here you choose where to put the output labelmap. Unless you want to replace an existing volume, you should choose "Create New Volume".

User Interface

Development

Notes from the Developer(s)

Developer-oriented documentation is found on the plastimatch web site: http://plastimatch.org

Dependencies

This module has no dependencies.

Tests

Plastimatch features approximately 100 test cases.

Known bugs

• http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/plastimatch/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=450

Usability issues

Please report usability issues to the bug tracker.

• http://forge.abcd.harvard.edu/gf/project/plastimatch/tracker/?action=TrackerItemBrowse&tracker_id=450

Source code & documentation

We recommended to download the latest source code from subversion:

• Project page
• Source download (svn access)

Documentation:

• http://plastimatch.org

More Information

Acknowledgment

National Institutes of Health
NIH / NCI 6-PO1 CA 21239
Federal share of program income earned by MGH on C06CA059267

Progetto Rocca Foundation
A collaboration between MIT and Politecnico di Milano

References

• G Sharp et al. "Plastimatch - An open source software suite for radiotherapy image processing," Proceedings of the XVIth International Conference on the use of Computers in Radiotherapy, May, 2010.