The SpineSegmentation module for automated segmentation of the spine in MRI images has now been released! Note that this is an alpha release. Any requests or comments are welcome at .

Download instructions:

- choose a username and register on NITRC
- follow the 'Source Code' link on the left column of http://www.nitrc.org/projects/sylvainpro...
- copy the svn command line in your terminal and paste it in your terminal
- replace 'username' with the name you chose when you registered on NITRC

Build instructions:

- first build 3DSlicer (follow link 'For Developers' at http://slicer.org)
- create a directory SpineSegmentation-build
- type /CMake-build/bin/cmake
- after SLICER_DIR type the
- type 'c' until you see 'Generate' in the lower menu of CMake
- type 'g' and exit
- type 'make' in your terminal
- copy all files in lib/Slicer3/Plugins/ to /lib/Slicer3/Plugins/

Enjoy! Email me at for any comment or request.

Sylvain Jaume, PhD
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory

I need help in loading the spine slicer module. You can reach me :
[url=mailto:jposey@tulane.edu]jposey@tulane.edu[/url]
Thanks in advance, John Posey

Hi Sylvain,

I am running 3D slicer on Windows; and using Tortoise SVN for checking out the source code. However, the server repeatedly gives me a 403 error (Forbidden) when I try to access the repository.
Please advise,

-Dhruv Lamba
PhD student, Johns Hopkins

I actually even tried checking out from a terminal; but received the same error. Any help would be greatly appreciated;
Sincerely,

-Dhruv