Collaboration/NWU/Radiology Workstation
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Key Investigators
- Northwestern: David S. Channin, Pat Mongkolwat, Skip Talbot, Alex Kogan, Vladimir Kleper
- Isomics: Steve Pieper
Objective
The goal of our project is to be able to use Slicer3's advanced imaging algorithms and 3D functionality from inside a clinical workstation being developed at Northwestern University. We'd also like to reconfigure use of the main viewer for a new way to interact with the volume that might be more efficient for clinical use. Our main objectives to accomplish this goal include:
- Integrate the rendering and functionality of Slicer3 into a .Net foundation GUI for use in a clinical workstation
- Create a new representation of the 3D volume as a cube with an oblique cut plane rather than the default three orthogonal cut planes
Approach, Plan
Our plan is to finish integrating Slicer3 including support for custom modules, and to add a custom MRML scene to the main viewer featuring a 6 plane cubic representation of the volume with an additional oblique cut plane.
Progress
We integrated Slicer3 alpha with our 2D workstation by directly modifying the Slicer3 base code, passing window handles through Slicer3's GUI objects. Modifying the base code prevented maintainability of Slicer3 updates as changes had to be reimplimented. Currently, we can integrate the Slicer3 beta without modifying the base code by extracting the render windows through existing accessor methods and adding them to our workstation through a managed version of VTK.
References
- A Translation Station for Imaging: P. Mongkolwat, T. Lechner, T. Johnson, A. Kogan, S. Talbot, D. S. Channin; Radiological Society of North America, Chicago, IL. November 2006.
- Advancing Advanced Visualization in the Clinical Environment: S. Talbot, P. Mongkolwat, D. S. Channin; Society for Imaging Informatics in Medicine (SIIM), Providence, RI, To be presented, June 2007.