Introduction to Opensource Software Slicer  and  its Application to IGT

Location: Surgical Planning Laboratory, 1249 Boylston Street, Boston MA
Time/date: August  25, 2009 | 9.00-16.00

There is no additional charge to attend this course.

Schedule

Morning: Introduction to Slicer

09:00 Preliminary session: Software and data installation trouble shooting

09:10 Slicer3 Overview and Applications

9:30 Hands-on Session 1: Data Loading and 3D Visualization

10:30 Coffee-break

10:45 Hands-on Session 2: Data Saving

11:30 Discussion and Conclusion

12:00 Lunch Break

Afternoon: Introduction to Slicer IGT

13:00 Introduction: Why Slicer 3 for your IGT research? An example from BWH BrainLab collaboration

13:30 Neurosurgical Planning and Guidance by Slicer

Module 1-3
1. Loading and visualizing anatomical MRI data
2. Incorporating fMRI data using image registration and thresholding
3. Creating a 3D model of the tumour volume

14.45 Coffee-break

Module 4-6 (3:00-4:00 pm)
1. Predicting the locations of brain structures using image registration and a brain atlas
2. Incorporating brain fiber tractography from diffusion weighted images
3. Annotating the preoperative plan and saving the scene

Faculty

• Sonia Pujol, Ph.D., Instructor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA
• Noby Hata, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in Radiology, Harvard Medical School Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA
• Kathryn Hayes, M.S.E., Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston MA

Course coordinator
Email: spujol@bwh.harvard.edu
Website: http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/Events:Slicer_Workshop_August_2009