RSNA 2025: Creating Custom Applications Based on 3D Slicer
We are proud to announce that our RSNA 2025 educational exhibit “Creating Custom Applications Based on 3D Slicer” is now available for viewing at the On Demand RSNA platform, as well as in Kitware’s distribution channels.
3D Slicer is a powerful, widely used open-source medical imaging platform. With more than 200 community-developed extensions and a modular architecture designed for flexibility, 3D Slicer has long enabled cutting-edge research in segmentation, registration, quantitative imaging, and AI-driven analysis. However, for many groups seeking to deliver focused workflows or clinically deployable tools, those strengths can also introduce complexity.
To meet this need Kitware created the SlicerCustomAppTemplate, a lightweight framework that allows developers to build streamlined, branded, and purpose-built applications on top of Slicer’s core. During this RSNA session, we will review Slicer’s modular design, learn how to get started with the CustomAppTemplate, and provide the recipe to build a simplified custom application firsthand. This approach empowers those researchers, startups, and clinical teams interested in reducing the cognitive overload that in some cases comes with Slicer while accelerating usability and translation.
Kitware has also launched commercial 3D Slicer offerings, where our team of expert engineers support and work for teams that rely on Slicer for mission-critical research or product development. Through our maintenance packages, organizations can secure guaranteed bug fixes, faster issue turnarounds, and dedicated support meetings with the Kitware engineers who develop Slicer itself. Whether choosing the Basic tier or the Enhanced tier with expanded coverage and a dedicated technical contact, these services ensure that Slicer performs reliably within demanding research and development pipelines. For organizations that seek to push Slicer into new territories, our custom development packages include developing new Slicer features, integrating external hardware and medical devices, modularizing Slicer functionality into reusable Python packages, or creating fully branded, turnkey applications tailored to specific clinical or commercial use cases and supporting their regulatory approval. With growing demand for browser-based and AI-integrated imaging tools, these packages can also support web and cloud development using platforms such as Trame and Jupyter, enabling collaborative, installation-free workflows.
Finally, Kitware’s Custom 3D Slicer Training options offer live, instructor-led sessions created and delivered by core developers to teams that both have no Slicer expertise and have some but wish to deepen their expertise. These interactive courses go beyond our free offerings of Slicer Tutorials, providing practical guidance tailored to each organization’s domain, datasets, and goals. Online or on-site, these sessions help teams build sustainable in-house capability.
As highlighted in our RSNA exhibit, the combination of Slicer’s open architecture and Kitware’s professional services empowers teams not only to build custom Slicer-based tools, but to streamline research workflows, reduce development risk, and accelerate the path from prototype to product.
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Interested to hear more? We want to hear from you! Please contact us for a free consultation on how commercial 3D Slicer offerings can help you solve the specific problems you’re wrestling with. Whether you are beginning your journey with Slicer or scaling up toward clinical translation, these offerings make it easier than ever to build confidently on one of the field’s most trusted imaging platforms.