1. Ron Kikinis, MD Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School
How to Work With NA-MIC
Ron Kikinis, MD
Professor of Radiology,
Harvard Medical School
Robert Greenes Distinguished Director of Biomedical Informatics
Founding Director, Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Principal Investigator, National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (a National Center for Biomedical Computing, part of the Roadmap Initiative), and Neuroimage Analysis Center (a NCRR National Resource Center)
Research Director, Image Guided Therapy Program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

2. Software Architecture
3D Slicer, VTK, ITK, TK/TCL, Qt (in the works), Python, others: Interoperation
CMAKE, CTEST, CDASH, SVN:
Software engineering methodology
Web-based (60+ contributors)
Native compilers
Extensions: easy “on-ramp” for new developers
Picture courtesy Will Schroeder

3. Open Community Process
Participation from
Multiple institutions
Different disciplines
Open to all: academia, industry, government, international
Twice a year working weeks called project weeks
Focused workshops (DTI, IGT)
Picture courtesy Sonia Pujol

4. Collaborations

5. Project Week

6. How to Contribute 2010 Developer decision tree Integration options
Extensions

7. Developer Decision Tree
Working on the Slicer Core?
Focus on Qt Transition
Working on a Module?
Build it as an Extension
Command Line Module?
Develop and Test with Slicer3.6
GUI Project with Deadlines in 2010?
Develop with KWWidgets for 3.6.X
Keep your Logic and MRML Distinct from the GUI
Ongoing Support will be Provided
Longer-Term Project that Needs a Custom GUI?
Start Learning Qt
Implement Logic and MRML with Slicer3
Expect to have Usable Slicer4 Alphas in late 2010
Slide courtesy Steve Pieper

8. Integration Options
Slide courtesy Steve Pieper

9. Extensions Distribution
Slide courtesy Steve Pieper

10. Tutorials

11. Acknowledgments National Alliance for Medical Image Computing
NIH U54EB005149
Neuroimage Analysis Center
NIH P41RR013218
Surgical Planning Laboratory,
Brigham and Women’s Hospital