Documentation/4.4/Extensions/MarginCalculator

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Introduction and Acknowledgements

Contributors: Kevin Wang (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre), Winnie Li (Princess Margaret Cancer Centre) Contact: Kevin Wang, <email>kevin.wang@rmp.uhn.ca</email> Website: http://www.assembla.com/spaces/margincalculator License: Slicer license

SparKit   NA-MIC   OCAIRO

Extension Description

Multidimensional data is an extension of 3D Slicer to allow creating and visualization of higher-dimension data nodes, such as 4D volumes, models changing in time, markups changing in time, sequences of transforms, scene camera trajectory, or even sequence of sequences. Software features include:

• Synthetic dose volume generation for testing.
• Motion simulation for systematic and random errors.
• Dose population histogram generation based on motion simulation.
• A complete simulation module for margin calculation.

Modules

• Dose Morphology
• Dose Population Histogram
• MarginCalculator
• Motion Simulator
• Synthetic RT Dose

Tutorials

• Sample scenes:
  • Cardiac CT: sequence of volumes, real-time volume rendering
  • Deformation of a 3D model
  • Ultrasound-guided needle insertion: moving tracked ultrasound image and tools, synchronized replay of image ad transforms
• Usage:
  • Load the downloaded .mrb scene file into Slicer
  • Go to the Sequence browser module to browse the data set

Similar Extensions

• Plastimatch: SlicerRT and Plastimatch are complementary software libraries. Plastimatch focuses on delivering new computational methods radiotherapy, while SlicerRT aims for providing an easy-to-use interface for a wide range of stable, well-tested radiotherapy related features. SlicerRT uses Plastimatch internally for certain operations.
• Gel Dosimetry: Slicelet facilitating a streamlined workflow to perform gel dosimetry analysis for commissioning linacs and evaluating new dose calculation procedures

References

C. Pinter, A. Lasso, A. Wang, D. Jaffray and G. Fichtinger, "SlicerRT – Radiation therapy research toolkit for 3D Slicer", Med. Phys., 39(10) pp. 6332-6338, 2012

Information for Developers

• Source code: https://subversion.assembla.com/svn/margincalculator/trunk/MarginCalculator/
• Issue tracker: open issues and enhancement requests