Slicer3:XNAT

Background

• XNAT is available at http://www.xnat.org
• Sample XNAT sites:
  • http://www.oasis-brains.org
  • http://iaclin2.wustl.edu/mbdr

Slicer3 Interface

Illustration of download process

Basic steps:

• Browse to the desired image data set
• Select Download Images
• Pick which images you want
• Select the filetype as "xar (3D Slicer)"
• When the browser asks what to do with the file, select Slicer3 as the application (browse to where the program is installed).
• Once downloaded, Slicer will look in the file and offer to load the images.

Installation

Options:

• instructions on http://xnat.org

• use the BIRN ROCKS installer (contact BIRN-CC via http://www.nbirn.net)

• use the xnat installer script from Gabriele Fariello (fariello at fas.harvard.edu)
  • this works for some linux distributions (Red Hat and probably Ubuntu)
  • you must have Sun Java installed (not the gnu version)
  • best to use this installer on a fresh machine
  • apt-get of postgres may hang waiting for you to press 'Y'

Tests

Get the xnat webservices command line tools from http://www.xnat.org/tools.html#

ArcGet -host www.oasis-brains.org -u guest -p guest -s OAS1_0001_MR1