Work-flow based Slicer IGT module

Objective

• Create a skeleton for IGT work-flow based module
• Implement the first few steps involved in IGT procedure.

People involved

• Andinet Enquobahrie (Kitware)
• Sebastian Barre ( Kitware )
• Stephen Aylward (Kitware)
• Nobuhiko Hata (BWH)
• Peter Kazanzides (JHU)

Documents

• Slicer IGT Design document [1]
• Slicer IGT Module : Wizard UI Design [2]

Download source code

Currently, SlicerIGT is a standalone module that needs to be build separately and then loaded to the Slicer application using a plugin mechanism. After thorough testing and validation, the module will be integrated with other Slicer Modules and be part of Slicer source tree for distribution.

Build instructions

• Download the source code [[3]]
• Specify your Slicer3_DIR build directory during CMake configuration
• Build the module

If you have successfully build the module, then in your module subdirectory of your build ( SlicerIGTModuleBuild/lib/Slicer3/Modules/)you should get the shared library "IGT.dll" for windows or "libIGT.so" for Unix build.

How to load SlicerIGTModule to Slicer

• Click on "Application Settings" in View menu
• Click on "Module settings"
• Add the path to your SlicerModule plugin

Tutorial

Here is a tutorial powerpoint presentation [[4]]

Events

• IGT Project week - 2008 [[5]]

Timeline/Progress

1. End date: December 31, 2008

Resources

• HelloWorld Workflow based Slicer module - Use the build instructions described above [[6]]