CTSC Slicer XNE

UXP & functionality planning for Slicer's XNE client

Workflow & Implementation approaches

All Workflow Steps:

• Select XNAT Enterprise server
• Authentication dialog presented
• Dialog input is processed
• XNAT queried for projects
• response is checked for http error codes
• xml parsed to get list of projects
• GUI populated
• One project selected
• XNAT queried for subjects in that project
• response is checked for http error codes
• xml parsed to get list of subjects
• GUI populated
• One subject selected
• User selects filters to narrow scan search
• User selects "search" for all scans
• XNAT queried for appropriate scans
• response is checked for http error codes
• xml is parsed to get list of scans
• GUI is populated
• User selects one scan and "download"
• Scan is loaded into Slicer

Each step is detailed below.

2. Authentication Dialog Presented

• Enter user name and password

3. Process Dialog Input

• Save the username (XNE_UserName) and password (XNE_Password)
• Authenticate and create a session:

curl -d POST $XNE_Svr/REST/JSESSION -u $XNE_UserName:$XNE_Password

4. Query XNAT for Projects Available to User

• XNAT queried for appropriate projects

curl $XNE_Srv/REST/projects?format=xml --cookie JSESSIONID=$sessionID

• response is checked for http error codes
  • if error is found, report to user
  • else xml is parsed to get list of scans

6. Query XNAT for Subjects in Selected Project

• XNAT queried for appropriate subjects

curl $XNE_Svr/REST/projects/$projectID/subjects?format=xml --cookie JSESSIONID=$sessionID

• response is checked for http error codes
  • if error is found, report to user
  • else xml is parsed to get list of scans

8. User Selects Pull-Down Filters to Narrow Search for Scans & Selects Search

* Experiments: { Experiment_IDs }
** Imaging Sessions: { MR, PET, CT ...}
*** Scans: { Scan_IDs }
*** Reconstructions: { Reconstruction_IDs }
*** Assessors: { Assessor_IDs }
** Non-imaging Assessments: { Asessor_IDs }

Default selections?: All Scans

8. Example Query XNAT for All Scans for Selected Experiment

• XNAT queried for appropriate scans

curl $XNE_Svr/REST/projects/$ProjectID/subjects/$SubjectID/experiments/$ExpID/scans?format=xml --cookie JSESSION=$sessionID

• response is checked for http error codes
  • if error is found, report to user
  • else xml is parsed to get list of scans