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The reference manual will contain detailed descriptions of each parameter and each control element within the slicer registration module. The description should help the user understand what exactly that function/parameter does and if/how useful it will be for their specific registration problem.
Each entry will have one short description (that could also serve as tooltip) and one longer, more technical explanation.
Preferred formats: Slicer Wiki, maybe PDF, cross-linking required
Draft Registration Reference Manual

The user manual will contain a systematic overview of registration functionality within 3DSlicer. formats: Slicer Wiki, PowerPoint.
- Draft Registration User Manual
- notes and documentation resources
Turtorials will be case oriented and always demonstrate a particular task or feature
- Video Tutorials: showcase of specific workflow
- Background Tutorials, explaining the basics of registration, formats: PowerPoint. Minimal understanding of the inner workings of a registration optimization algorithm is essential to understand and judge the results obtained and obtainable.
- Topics for background tutorials:
- the main components: transform, similarity function, optimization, interpolation
- coordinate systems: physical vs. image space, RAS vs. LPI etc.
- relevant image meta-data: image/axis orientation, image/CS origin, voxel size, dynamic range
- overview of scenarios and their different challenges: image pairings, DOF, multi-modal, intra/inter-subject etc.
- how to evaluate a match: tools & concepts
- common mistakes to avoid: inappropriate DOF, overly flat similarity metric, CS inconsistencies, FOV discrepancies, wrong interpolation, insufficient search (sample points, multi-scale, DOF scale-space)
- Troubleshooting guide: insufficient match - what next? Parameter modification, DOF change, initial alignment assist, fiducial help, ROI masking (e.g. skull stripping)
Tutorial Resources
- Coordinate Systems / Image Orientation

if there is anything you think would be of help to the 3DSlicer registration user, be that documentation, examples or features, we'd love to hear about it:
- any questions/concerns are welcome on the slicer user mailing list: mailto:slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu
- particular questions/concerns re. these pages or Registration Documentation drop a line to mailto:meier@bwh.harvard.edu