SlicerDMRI: Open Source Diffusion MRI Software for Brain Cancer Research

We describe SlicerDMRI, a software suite that enables visualization and analysis of dMRI for neuroscientific studies and patient-specific anatomic assessment. SlicerDMRI has been successfully applied in multiple studies of the human brain in health and disease, and here, we especially focus on its cancer research applications. As an extension module of the 3D Slicer medical image computing platform, the SlicerDMRI suite enables dMRI analysis in a clinically relevant multimodal imaging workflow. Core SlicerDMRI functionality includes diffusion tensor estimation, white matter tractography with single and multi-fiber models, and dMRI quantification. SlicerDMRI supports clinical DICOM and research file formats, is open-source and cross-platform, and can be installed as an extension to 3D Slicer (www.slicer.org). More information, videos, tutorials, and sample data are available at dmri.slicer.org. Cancer Res; 77(21); e101–3. ©2017 AACR.

Source: Cancer Research - October 31, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Isaiah Norton, Walid Ibn Essayed, Fan Zhang, Sonia Pujol, Alex Yarmarkovich, Alexandra J. Golby, Gordon Kindlmann, Demian Wasserman, Raul San Jose Estepar, Yogesh Rathi, Steve Pieper, Ron Kikinis, Hans J. Johnson, Carl-Fredrik Westin, Lauren J. O'Donnell Tags: Focus on Computer Resources Source Type: research