Kitware Announces the Release of 3D Slicer 4.5 for Medical Image Analysis
Version 4.5 release employs software practices from Kitware to accelerate the progression of research from the lab to the patient's bedside.Kitware, Inc., on behalf of the 3D Slicer community, is pleased to announce the release of 3D Slicer version 4.5 in support of basic and applied medical imaging research. 3D Slicer isan industry-leading software application for visualizing and processingmedical images from a multitude of medical devices. Researchers haveused it to correlate the shape of structures in magnetic resonanceimaging (MRI) scans of brains with the risk of schizophrenia, as well asto measure cardiac function from computed tomography (CT). One of the many strengths of 3D Slicer is itsextensible, open-source foundation. The 4.5 release offers over 60extensions and 150 feature improvements, in addition to performance andstability advancements. Extensions are provided by a community of over160 researchers from around the world and are free for academic andcommercial use. These extensions enable 3D Slicer to import numerous newkinds of medical images and to make precise measurements of a varietyof anatomic structures and pathologies. One extension, for example,computes biomarkers for lung disease from CT images. “Both a full-featured research platformenabling reproducible science and a highly customizable softwareapplication meeting rigorous industrial expectations, 3D Slicer is atthe forefront of cutting-edge medical research and patient care,” saidJean-Christophe Fillion-Robin, who led the 3D Slicer 4.5 developmenteffort at Kitware.
Multi-label segmentation of a child's skull bones. This figure was generated using a customized version of 3D Slicer, part of a surgicalplanning system to enable optimal cranial remodelling in childrenwith craniosynostosis. The 4.5 release tightens the integration between 3D Slicer and the Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit (ITK). It also takes advantage of recent developments in the Visualization Toolkit (VTK). These toolkits, like 3D Slicer, contain best-in-class scientificmethods and employ Kitware’s high-quality software practices, based on CMake, for building and distributing stable applications on Windows, Linux,and MacOS platforms. For a full set of 3D Slicer 4.5’s features, pleasevisit 3D Slicer's Wiki page.
“3D Slicer is a prime example of the power andintegrative potential of ITK, VTK, and CMake,” said Fillion-Robin. “Theimage and data analysis algorithms and extensions of 3D Slicer arewritten using ITK, the visualization capabilities of 3D Slicer areprovided by VTK, and the cross-platform building and testing of 3DSlicer are managed by CMake. These libraries are industry leaders andare freely available for academic and commercial use within and beyond3D Slicer.” To learn how to leverage Kitware’s open-sourceplatforms, including 3D Slicer, ITK, VTK, and CMake, into research,products, and processes, please contact Jean-Christophe Fillion-Robin atkitware(at)kitware.com. To learn more about 3D Slicer, please visit http://www.slicer.org.3D Slicer is supported, in part, by grantsassociated with the National Alliance for Medical Image Computing(NA-MIC), the Neuroimage Analysis Center (NAC), the National Center forImage-Guided Therapy (NCIGT), and numerous other National Institutes ofHealth and government initiatives.Much of the 3D Slicer version 4.5release was supported by the National Cancer Institute of the NationalInstitutes of Health under Award Number U24CA194354. The content doesnot necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutesof Health. 顶贴 感谢分享感谢分享感谢分享 一直在寻找这个，多谢了 看看学习一下！ dddddddddddddddddddddddddddd 好 谢谢LZ 大哥谢了 谢谢你的辛苦劳动了！！！
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