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| − | = Goals and Functionality =
| + | <big>'''Note:''' We are migrating this content to the slicer.org domain - <font color="orange">The newer page is [https://www.slicer.org/wiki/Slicer3:Slicer_Daemon here]</font></big> |
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| − | The Slicer Daemon refers to a network protocol that can be used to connect to a running instance of slicer to read and write data in the MRML scene and execute other commands. The name is based on the unix system convention of naming network services '[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_%28computer_software%29 daemons]'.
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| − | = Server Implementation =
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| − | [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Tcl/slicerd.tcl?view=log slicerd.tcl] implements the server side functionality.
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| − | By default it listens for connections on port 18943.
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| − | = Clients =
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| − | == Tcl ==
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| − | Two utilities are provided:
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| − | * [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Tcl/slicerget.tcl?view=log slicerget.tcl] is used to read volumes out of slicer. The volume is written to the stdout of the slicerget command in nrrd format.
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| − | * [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Tcl/slicerput.tcl?view=log slicerput.tcl] is used to write volumes into slicer. The volume is read in nrrd format from stdin of slicerput and loaded into the mrml scene.
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| − | Some sample commands (assumes your PATH is correctly set to include unu, slicerget and slicerput):
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| − | # a noop -- just copy image onto itself
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| − | slicerget.tcl 1 | slicerput.tcl noop
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| − | # put external data into slicer
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| − | unu 1op abs -i d:/data/bunny-small.nrrd | slicerput.tcl
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| − | # run an external command and put the data back into slicer
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| − | slicerget.tcl 1 | unu 1op abs -i - slicerput.tcl abs
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| − | == Python ==
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| − | A [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Python/ Python based set of code] for interacting with the Slicer Daemon is provided.
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| − | For example, the [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Python/mathExample.py?view=log following code] reads a volume and creates a new volume where each voxel is the square of the corresponding voxel of the input image. The new image is then sent back to slicer.
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| − | import slicerd
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| − | import numpy
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| − | s = slicerd.slicerd()
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| − | n = s.get(0)
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| − | im = n.getImage()
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| − | n.setImage( im * im )
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| − | s.put(n, 'newImage')
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| − | </pre>
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| − | For example, the [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Python/sliceExample.py?view=log following code] reads a volume and extracts a slice of it for plotting using the matplotlib code (see [http://www.scipy.org the SciPy website] for more info on Python numerics and plotting).
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| − | <pre>
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| − | import slicerd
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| − | import pylab
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| − | s = slicerd.slicerd()
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| − | n = s.get(0)
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| − | slice = n.getImage()[16,:,:]
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| − | pylab.imshow(slice)
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| − | pylab.show()
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| − | </pre>
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| − | == Matlab ==
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| − | ''Note: this is initial documentation only, and is subject to change as the API evolves.''
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| − | [http://www.na-mic.org/ViewVC/index.cgi/trunk/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Matlab/ Matlab based] versions of Slicer Daemon client code are available. | |
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| − | This [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/Projects/Slicer3/2007_Project_Week_Slicer_Matlab_Pipeline_for_scalars_and_tensors project ] has been worked on during the NAMIC project week 2007.
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| − | [[Image:SlicerMatlabPipeline.png|Slicer Matlab Pipeline Schema]]
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| − | The Matlab scripts getSlicerVolume.m and putSlicerVolume.m use Matlab extention [http://labrosa.ee.columbia.edu/matlab/popenrw.html popen] to connect to stdout(stdin respectively) of the tcl client slicerget.tcl (slicerput.tcl respectively). The tcl client establishes a channel to the SlicerDaemon socket and requests(sends) data.
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| − | The matlab toolbox in combination with the SlicerDaemon support the exchange of scalar and tensor volumes that are in orientation right-anterior-superior or left-posterior-superior. DWI volumes and other orientations are not supported yet.
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| − | === Slicer-Matlab tutorial ===
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| − | Here a short step by step tutorial how to send a volume first from Slicer to Matlab and then from Matlab abck to Slicer:
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| − | * Start Slicer3 with parameter "--daemon" and load the (scalar or tensor) volume you want to send to Matlab.
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| − | * Start Matlab
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| − | * In Matlab, just for conveniance, change into the "Matlab" subdirectory of the SlicerDaemon module in Slicer3 (something like ../Slicer3/Modules/SlicerDaemon/Matlab)
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| − | * Initally, the popen C functions need to be compiled in Matlab for your machine (this is not handled by cmake yet). This needs to be done only once:
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| − | mex popen/popenw.c
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| − | mex popen/popenr.c
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| − | * Typing the following commang in Matlab, a Slicer volume with name "wcase1.nhdr" will be piped into a Matlab structure called "slicer_volume":
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| − | slicer_volume = getSlicerVolume('wcase1.nhdr')
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| − | The matlab strucuture for instance looks like this (for a scalar volume):
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| − | slicer_volume =
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| − | content: 'wcase1.nhdr'
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| − | type: 'short'
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| − | dimension: 3
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| − | space: 'right-anterior-superior'
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| − | sizes: [256 256 124]
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| − | endian: 'little'
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| − | encoding: 'raw'
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| − | spaceorigin: [119.5310 -92.2500 119.5310]
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| − | spaceunits: {'mm' 'mm' 'mm'}
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| − | kinds: {'space' 'space' 'space'}
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| − | data: [256x256x124 int16]
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| − | spacedirections: [3x3 double]
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| − | or like this (for a tensor volume):
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| − | slicer_volume =
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| − | content: 'helix.nhdr'
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| − | type: 'float'
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| − | dimension: 4
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| − | space: 'right-anterior-superior'
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| − | sizes: [7 64 32 12]
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| − | endian: 'little'
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| − | encoding: 'raw'
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| − | spaceorigin: [-6.9386 -28.7554 -8.7247]
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| − | spaceunits: {'"mm"' '"mm"' '"mm"'}
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| − | kinds: {'3D-masked-symmetric-matrix' 'space' 'space' 'space'}
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| − | data: [4-D single]
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| − | spacedirections: [3x3 double]
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| − | measurementframe: [3x3 double]
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| − | centerings: {'???' 'cell' 'cell' 'cell'}
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| − | All volumes that come out of Slicer are in 'right-anterior-superior' orientation, have 'raw' encoding, and 'little' endian. Even if the original file loaded into Slicer had other header parameters.
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| − | * Now the volume data can be processed in Matlab. Just for example, the volume can be thresholded:
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| − | slicer_volume.data(slicer_volume.data > 100) = 0;
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| − | By changing the field "content", the name of the volume node in Slicer will be changed:
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| − | slicer_volume.content='Matlab_says_hi';
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| − | * This is the command to send the volume back to Slicer:
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| − | putSlicerVolume(slicer_volume)
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| − | ==== Tensor transformation issues ====
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| − | * flag in these scripts can be set to do/undo gradientSpace->IJKspace transformation for tensor data.
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