View source for 2014 Project Week:TCIA Browser Extension in Slicer

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==Key Investigators==
* BWH: Alireza Mehrtash, Andrey Fedorov, Ron Kikinis
* Isomics: Steve Pieper
* NCI Imaging Program: Justin Kirby, John Freymann

==Project Description==
The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) hosts a large collection of Cancer medical imaging data which is available to public [1]. The goal of this project is to develop a Slicer module in order to retrieve the medical images hosted at TCIA and visualize them in 3D Slicer. 
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<h3>Objective</h3>
* Create a scripted Slicer module for browsing TCIA collections and loading images into Slicer scene.
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<h3>Approach, Plan</h3>
* Study the latest changes in TCIA API and update the current module prototype.
* Discuss about the module functionality and UI design.
* Review the desired interactions of module with Slicer DICOM database.
* Review the different methods for displaying and organizing query results.  
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<h3>Progress</h3>
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==References==
*[1] TCIA Home Page : http://cancerimagingarchive.net/
*[2] Slicer TCIA interface project at QIICR wiki: https://github.com/QIICR/ProjectIssuesAndWiki/wiki/Slicer-tcia-interface