Stanford 2008 Slicer Workshop

Course Syllabus

This workshop is an introduction to the Slicer3 software platform, part of the National Alliance for Medical Imaging Computing (NA-MIC) open-source toolkit. Participants will learn how to use Slicer3 for image analysis and 3D visualization, and how to integrate external programs with the open-source software. The workshop provides a 1/2 day end-user session geared for all levels, followed by a 1/2 day programming session geared for developers.

Course Faculty

• Sonia Pujol, Ph.D., Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.
• Steve Pieper, Ph.D., Isomics Inc.
• Kathryn Hayes, M.S.E., Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Agenda

• Morning Session - User and Developer Workshop - 9 am - 12 pm
  • 9:00 am - 9:15 am Preliminary session: Software and data installation trouble shooting
  • 9:15 am - 9:45 am Overview of NA-MIC (Steve Pieper)
  • 9:45 am - 10:00 am Slicer3 and the NA-MIC Toolkit (Sonia Pujol)
  • 9:45 am - 10:45 am Hands-on Session 1: 3D Data Loading and Visualization (Sonia Pujol)
  • 10:45 am - 11:00 am Coffee-break
  • 11:00 am - 11:45 am Hands-on Session 2: Data Saving (Sonia Pujol)
  • 11:45 am - 12:15 pm Demos and Discussion (Daniel Rubin)

• 12:15 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch

• Afternoon Session - Developer Workshop - 2:00 pm - 5:30 pm

• • 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm: Introduction to the Execution model in Slicer3 (Sonia Pujol)
  • 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Integrating the NA-MIC kit with an external program (Part 1) (Sonia Pujol)
  • 4:00 pm - 4:15 pm : Coffee break
  • 4:15 pm - 5:15 pm : Integrating the NA-MIC kit with an external program (Part 2) (Sonia Pujol)
  • 5:15 pm - 5:30 pm : Panel Discussion and Conclusion

Course Logistics

• Date: Wednesday September 3, 2008
• Location: Stanford University Medical Center: Room M112, Alway Building. Driving Directions - Parking and Transit Options
• Visitor Parking Information at Stanford
• Registration
  To sign-up for this event, please send an e-mail with the subject line Stanford 2008 Workshop to Sonia Pujol, Ph.D. (spujol at bwh.harvard.edu) with the following elements
  • contact information: name, title, affiliation and address
  • category: user or developer,
  • laptop characteristics: OS, RAM, Processor

Pre-Workshop Preparation

Please complete the following items in advance of the workshop.

• If you have registered as a end-user (morning only), please complete the User Prerequisites
• If you have registered as a programmer (morning and afternoon), please complete the Developer Prerequisites

Please contact the Slicer Users mailing list for support and questions related to the software.