Advanced 3D Slicer Course: Scripting and Customization

This advanced course is designed for those who have a solid foundation in 3D Slicer and aim to deepen their knowledge and skills. The course will cover advanced topics including script writing for automation of pipelines and customization of 3D Slicer user interface and workflow.

Objectives

Develop an understanding of scripting within 3D Slicer for task automation.
Customize the 3D Slicer platform to build tailored applications.
Learn how to package and distribute customized 3D Slicer applications.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of 3D Slicer, including data handling, visualization, segmentation, and registration techniques (covered in the “Introduction to 3D Slicer” training)
Python Programming
C++ programming

Agenda

This course is approximately 8 hours, which can be divided into 2 sessions.

3D Slicer plugin infrastructure
3D Slicer customization approaches

Scripting image processing and visualization pipelines in 3D Slicer
Generating packages for custom Slicer application
Q&A session