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.
Objective
- Create a scripted Slicer module for browsing TCIA collections and loading images into Slicer scene.
Approach, Plan
- 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.
Progress
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