2012 Summer Project Week:Nipype Integration

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  Projects List

Key Investigators

• UIowa: Hans Johnson

Objective

Nipype is a flexible, uniform interface to existing neuroimaging software that allows interaction between these packages within a single workflow. Our objective is to improve on Nipype's interaction with Slicer, with the goal of being able to pass scripts to Slicer's python interface that allow pipeline development within Slicer.

Approach, Plan

Meet with Satra
Discuss python environment with JC and Steve
Investigate updates to Numpy and Scipy

Progress

N/A

Delivery Mechanism

This work will be delivered to the NA-MIC Kit as a (please select the appropriate options by noting YES against them below)

1. ITK Module
2. Slicer Module
   1. Built-in
   2. Extension -- commandline
   3. Extension -- loadable
3. Other (Please specify)

References

• Nipype: http://nipy.sourceforge.net/nipype/ [1]
• Consider merging the system python changes as a way to give easy access.
• Consider bundling python executable with slicer to simplify installation of python packages.