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 open-source toolkit. Participants will learn how to use the platform 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, followed by a 1/2 programming session.

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 the open-source NA-MIC toolkit
  • 9:45 am - 10:45 am Hands-on Session 1: 3D Data Loading and Visualization
  • 10:45 am - 11:00 am Coffee-break
  • 11:00 am - 11:45 am Hands-on Session 2: Data Saving
  • 11:45 am - 12:15 pm Discussion

• 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
  • 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Integrating the NA-MIC kit with an external program (Part 1)
  • 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)
  • 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.