Events:2011-08-02-AAPM-Slicer-Users-Group-Meeting

Introduction

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3D Slicer, is a free, open source software package for visualization and image analysis. 3D Slicer is natively designed to be available on multiple platforms, including Windows, Linux and Mac Os X.

The goal of the user group meeting is to bring together current and prospective 3D Slicer users and developers to discuss of 3D Slicer's present and future as a radiation therapy software application.

Logistics

• Date: Tuesday, August 2, 2011
• Time: 12:30PM-2:00PM
• Location: Pacific Rim 1 (Restaurant Level), Vancouver Convention Centre, at the 2011 Joint AAPM/COMP Meeting, Vancouver, BC

Organizers

• Gregory C Sharp, Ph.D., Assistant Radiation Physicist, Massachusetts General Hospital
• Andras Lasso, Senior Software Engineer, Queen's University

Preliminary program

• Introduction to 3D Slicer for radiation therapy (Greg Sharp)
• Using 3D Slicer for prostate brachytherapy
• 3D Slicer development roadmap for radiation therapy
• Discussion:
  • Experiences with 3D Slicer
  • Needed improvements and new functionalities

Registration

If you plan to attend the meeting please click here to register.