2011 Summer Project Week SlicerVmtk4

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  Projects List

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  The Vesselness modules in Slicer3 (left) and Slicer4 (right)

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  The Level Set Segmentation modules in Slicer3 (left) and Slicer4 (right)

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  The Centerlines modules in Slicer3 (left) and Slicer4 (right)

The Vascular Modeling Toolkit in 3D Slicer 4

Key Investigators

• University of Pennsylvania: Daniel Haehn
• University of Pennsylvania: Kilian Pohl
• Orobix Inc.: Luca Antiga
• Isomics Inc.: Steve Pieper
• SPL: Ron Kikinis

Objective

The Vascular Modeling Toolkit (VMTK) is a collection of libraries and tools for 3D reconstruction, geometric analysis, mesh generation and surface data analysis for image-based modeling of blood vessels.

Main goal of the incorporation effort for the upcoming 3D Slicer version 4 is the enhancement of the modules' usability and in particular the focus on reducing the required user-interaction.

Approach, Plan

One single extension bundle called SlicerVmtk4 will provide a package of all VMTK libraries and modules. We want to use the 3D Slicer4 extension infrastructure for distribution and will try to achieve this during the project week.

Progress

References

• The project website: http://slicer.vmtk.org
• Antiga L, Piccinelli M, Botti L, Ene-Iordache B, Remuzzi A and Steinman DA. An image-based modeling framework for patient-specific computational hemodynamics. Medical and Biological Engineering and Computing, 46: 1097-1112, Nov 2008.
• D. Hähn. Integration of the vascular modeling toolkit in 3d slicer. SPL, 04 2009. Available online at http://www.spl.harvard.edu/publications/item/view/1728.
• D. Hähn. Centerline Extraction of Coronary Arteries in 3D Slicer using VMTK based Tools. Master's Thesis. Department of Medical Informatics, University of Heidelberg, Germany. Feb 2010. Available online at http://www.spl.harvard.edu/publications/item/view/1957.
• Piccinelli M, Veneziani A, Steinman DA, Remuzzi A, Antiga L (2009) A framework for geometric analysis of vascular structures: applications to cerebral aneurysms. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. In press.

Delivery Mechanism

This work will be delivered to the NAMIC Kit as a

1. Slicer Module
   1. Built-in:
   2. Extension -- commandline:
   3. Extension -- loadable: [X]