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SlicerVmtk4: The Vascular Modeling Toolkit in 3D Slicer 4

The SlicerVmtk4 extension will be available for 3D Slicer4 soon. Main difference to the Slicer3 version is that now all VMTK modules come as one extension bundle. This should enhance the installation experience for users.

Also, the general focus was on enhancing the usability of the modules by providing parameter-free simple modes in addition to full-blown advanced modes.

Installation

The current snapshot of SlicerVmtk4 can be installed as follows until the proper extension infrastructure is ready for Slicer4:

VMTK in 3D Slicer 4
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1)

To install, do the following until the extensions are available through the wizard in Slicer4:

git clone https://haehn@github.com/haehn/VMTK-in-3D-Slicer.git
cd VMTK-in-3D-Slicer
mkdir SlicerVmtk4-build
cd SlicerVmtk4-build
ccmake -DSlicer_DIR:PATH=/path/to/Slicer4-Superbuild/Slicer-build ../SlicerVmtk4
make -j 4
/path/to/Slicer4-Superbuild/Slicer-build/Slicer --add-loadable-extension-path SlicerVmtk4 "/path/to/SlicerVmtk4-build"


The VMTK libraries get fetched through a Superbuild External mechanism.

2)

For now, the SlicerVmtk4/Modules/ sub-directory has to be copied to /path/to/Slicer4/QTScriptedModules/.

Then, it has to be added to /path/to/Slicer4/QTScriptedModules/CMakeLists.txt like this:

 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(Modules)


Cheers!

Video Teaser

We have a video showing the new enhanced usability: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJ2032yo5Co

New webpage

Thanks to Luca, we have a new website (still under development): http://slicer.vmtk.org