Documentation/4.3/Announcements
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| Summary | What is 3D Slicer | Slicer 4.3 Highlights | Slicer Extensions | Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation |
Summary
The community of Slicer developers is proud to announce the release of Slicer 4.3.
- Slicer 4.3 introduces
- a new App store, called the extension manager, for adding capabilities to Slicer. Close to 40 plug-ins are currently available.
- close to 500 feature improvements and bug fixes lead to improved performance and stability.
- augmentation of many modules.
- improved workflows in registration and dMRI
- the multivolume explorer allows interaction with time series and DCE data.
- major improvements to the DICOM module
- a new Markups module to streamline the use of fiducial lists
- Click here to download Slicer 4.3 for different platforms and find pointers to the source code, mailing lists and bug tracker.
- Please note that Slicer continues to be a research package and is not intended for clinical use. Testing of functionality is an ongoing activity with high priority, however, some features of Slicer are not fully tested.
- The Slicer Training page provides a series of courses for learning how to use Slicer. The portfolio contains self-guided presentation and sample data sets.
The main slicer.org pages provide a guided tour to the application, training materials, and the development community. New users should start there because we try to keep the pages organized and up to date.
What is 3D Slicer
Slicer is a community platform created for the purpose of subject specific image analysis and visualization.
- Multi-modality imaging including, MRI, CT, US, nuclear medicine, and microscopy
- Multi organ from head to toe
- Bidirectional interface for devices
- Expandable and interfaced to multiple toolkits
There is no restriction on use, but permissions and compliance with rules are responsibility of users. For details on the license see here
Slicer 4.3 Highlights
- New and Improved Toolkits and Modules
Moved from ITKv3 to ITKv4
Added SimpleITK
Added AutoRun mode for CLI modules to interactively search in parameter space and to create pipelines of filters. Watch the demo!
The Markups module replaces Annotation fiducials.
Slicer image registration modules have been reimplemented using ITKv4, with streamlined interfaces and improved robustness. An updated Registration Library is showcasing examples with downloadable data and full step-by-step instructions.
Slicer Extensions
- New and Improved Extensions
Airway Segmentation to segment the airway from chest CT images. NEW
Cardiac MRI Toolkit to analyze cardiac LGE-MRI images. NEW
Change Tracker for quantification of the subtle changes in pathology. NEW
Data Store Allows to easily upload and download dataset files. NEW
Dice Computation to calculate the Dice Similarity Coefficient (DSC) between multiple label map images. NEW
DTI Atlas Builder to create an Atlas image as an average of several DTI images that will be registered. UPDATED
DTI Prep. UPDATED
DTI Process. UPDATED
Erode/Dilate Label to perform binary erosion and dilation on a specified label. NEW
Faceted Visualizer to create flexible visualizations using Slicer by combining a 3D digital atlas and 3D scene models with an ontology. UPDATED
Fiber Viewer Light to create fiber clusters based on methods such as Length, Gravity, Hausdorff, or Mean Distribution and Normalized Cut. UPDATED
IASEM to segmentation and process of IASEM Electron Microscopy images. NEW
Image Maker to create volumes from scratch. NEW
LA Scar Segmenter to perform segmentation of the left atrial scarring tissue from MR images. NEW
LA Segmenter to perform segmentation of the left atrium from MR images. NEW
Longitudinal PET/CT to provide a user friendly Slicer interface for quantification of DICOM PET/CT image data.{{updated}
Matlab Bridge to allow running Matlab functions directly in 3D Slicer. NEW
Model Clip to set osteotomy trajectory with multiple planes, and clip the model with just one click. NEW
Path Plannerto facilitate the creation of trajectory. NEW
Pk Modeling to calculate quantitative parameters from Dynamic Contrast Enhanced DCE-MRI images. NEW
Plus Remote to send commands through OpenIGTLink Remote to PLUS. NEW
Port Placementto assists in the planning of surgical port placement in laparoscopic procedures. NEW
Reporting to create image annotations/markup that are stored in a structured form. UPDATED
Skull Stripper to register an atlas image to the patient data. UPDATED
SlicerIGT to use all the advanced features of 3D Slicer for real-time navigation. NEW
SlicerRT is a tool for powerful radiotherapy research. UPDATED
Slicer To Kiwi Exporter to provide an easy way to export models into a KiwiViewer. NEW
Sobolev Segmenter implements Sobolev inner product based active contour, using the Chan-Vese energy functional. UPDATED
Swiss Skull Stripper to register an atlas image to the patient data. NEW
Tracker Stabilizer to output a filtered transform node based on an tracker input (transform node). NEW
Transform Visualizer to visualize any transform (linear transform, B-spline deformable transform, any other non-linear transform) or vector volume. NEW
TubeTK is an open-source toolkit for the segmentation, registration, and analysis of tubes and surfaces in images. UPDATED
UKF Tractography a framework which uses an unscented Kalman filter for performing tractography. UPDATED
VisuaLine to display lines in Slicer. UPDATED
Window/Level Effect to adjust window/level for volumes using mouse and/or region of interest. NEW
XNAT Slicer Secure GUI-based IO with any XNAT server. NEW
PerkTutor for training in image-guided needle interventions. NEW
Other Improvements, Additions & Documentation
Added advanced controls for the model display representation
Depth peeling option for translucent surface models in 3D views
Added individual fiber editing option in Tractography Display module
Added read/write support for MRC files
Improved support for image precision.
Slicer theme for low intensity environment.
For Developers: Looking at the Code Changes
From a git checkout you can easily see the all the commits since the time of the 4.4.2 release:
git log --since="Sat Dec 8 03:32:53 2012"
To see a summary of your own commits, you could use something like:
git log --since="Sat Dec 8 03:32:53 2012" --oneline --author=pieper
see the git log man page for more options.
Commit stats and full changelog
