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This page provides a summary of Slicer's role in the NA-MIC Toolkit.  To learn more about Slicer or to download Slicer, click here to visit the [http://www.slicer.org  Slicer Website ].

== Description ==

The '''[http://www.slicer.org 3D Slicer]''' (or simply '''[http://www.slicer.org Slicer]''') software was initially developed as a joint effort between the [http://spl.harvard.edu/ Surgical Planning Lab at Brigham and Women's Hospital] and at the [http://csail.mit.edu/ MIT AI Lab]. The program has evolved into a national plattform supported by a variety of federal funding sources. This versatile research environment has resulted in a wide array of functionality, supporting a variety of medical imaging projects.

Slicer is a "point and click" end-user application. Slicer is used as a vehicle for delivering algorithms to computer scientists, biomedical researchers and clinical investigators. Slicer is distributed under an open source license without a reciprocity requirement and without restrictions on use. For a sampling of the portfolio of applicatons, please see the [http://www.slicer.org/pages/Slicer_Community '''Slicer Gallery'''] page.

Slicer is expected to evolve dynamically in architecture and implementation by drawing on the expertise and effort of the wider [http://www.na-mic.org NA-MIC], NAC, [http://www.nbirn.net/ BIRN] and [http://www.ncigt.org NCIGT] communities. The NA-MIC software engineering methodology, as applied to the problems which Slicer has historically addressed, is expected to result in a cleaner architecture that is easier for developers to support and extend.

Major funding for Slicer was provided through a variety of federal and private funding sources, including [http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ NCRR], [http://www.nibib.nih.gov/ NIBIB], [http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/ Roadmap], [http://www.cancer.gov/ NCI], [http://www.nsf.gov/ NSF], [http://www.defenselink.mil/ DOD] and others.

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== Role in NAMIC ==

NA-MIC is focused on developing Slicer, a multi-platform, free open source software (FOSS) for visualization and image computing.

== Typical Usage ==

Slicer is an application for visualization and image computing.

== Platforms ==

VTK runs on most Unix, Linux and Windows platforms. Mac OSX is also supported (Jaguar or later.)

== Documentation, Tutorials and Examples ==

Visit [[Slicer3.2:Training tutorials]] to find tutorials for Slicer3.

== Downloading Slicer ==

Visit [http://www.slicer.org Slicer.org] to download Slicer.

== Slicer Mailing lists ==

*'''slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu'''

Questions about running Slicer can be sent to the [mailto:slicer-users@bwh.harvard.edu Slicer User's Mailing List].  Archives of slicer-users and subscription management tools are available at:

http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-users

*'''slicer-devel@bwh.harvard.edu'''

Slicer compilation/development questions can be sent to the [mailto:slicer-devel@bwh.harvard.edu Slicer Developer's Mailing List].  Archives of slicer-devel and subscription management tools are available at:

http://massmail.spl.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/slicer-devel