# 2024.08.13 Weekly Meeting

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848>\
**Category:** Weekly meetings\
**Created:** [August 12, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848 "2024-08-12T21:59:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Horvath](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sam_horvath/32/3092_2.png) [@Sam\_Horvath](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sam_Horvath)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848/1 "2024-08-12T21:59:38Z")

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Tomorrow, we will be having our next weekly hangout at **10:00 AM ET until 11:00 AM ET**

Anyone is welcome to join at this link: [https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware](https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware)

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> **Weekly Meeting**
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> **Starts:** August 13, 2024, 10:00am (America/New\_York)\
> **Link:** <https://bit.ly/slicer-googlemeet-hosted-by-kitware>

**Agenda:**

Please post to this thread to put a topic on the agenda! We will try to prioritize agenda items during the meeting.

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Thanks  
Sam and J-Christophe

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**Author:** ![wenples](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/wenples/32/6801_2.png) [@wenples](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/wenples)\
**Post date:** [August 13, 2024, 12:47am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848/2 "2024-08-13T00:47:47Z")

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Hello all –  
Sharing a few pix that follow up from last week’s icon discussion. Simplifications of icons shown below for Light and Dark themes – Mockups of SliceViewers and then the set of icons for both themes. These contain a few experiments for label maps… trying to figure out a way to represent them as distinct from segmentation.

I will join late tomorrow but welcome any comments and suggestions.  
Cheers!

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| ![SliceViewerMockupLayersLight](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/8/4/8421a2987f3480a878746f2a40c481c21a5681f9.png) | ![SliceViewerMockupLayersDark](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/6/0/609469e074d0375017a7eb5640402595b74a8e1c.png) |
| ![Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 7.10.38 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/0/b0346a45df6eca02e64953546ace66d73ce6f886.png) | ![Screenshot 2024-08-12 at 7.11.18 PM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/b/7/b7f357db9e0e60a0e5cb05c642f4b5bc043bb879.png) |

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 2:33pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848/3 "2024-08-15T14:33:34Z")

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### Meeting Notes

#### SOFA

- **LapGym Overview** : LapGym is an open-source framework designed for Reinforcement Learning (RL) in robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery. More information can be found at the official [SOFA Framework website](https://www.sofa-framework.org/applications/plugins/lapgym/).

- **Paul’s Post-Doc** : Paul is set to begin a post-doctoral position at Johns Hopkins, which could lead to further research and collaboration opportunities.

- **Potential Applications** : There are potential applications for SlicerHeart in conjunction with SOFA and LapGym, which should be explored further.

#### NVAPI Integration

- The discussion focused on building NVAPI within the Slicer environment. Relevant resources include the [Slicer Discourse thread](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-to-build-nvidia-nvapi-in-slicer-environment/37771) and the official [NVIDIA Developer page](https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload#?search=nvapi).

#### MorphoDepot

- **GitHub Integration** : We discussed how to map GitHub operations to the collaborative segmentation process within MorphoDepot. Existing GitHub credentials support, particularly the [SlicerWizard’s GithubHelper.py](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/blob/55563bc1ec41acb7cbb9e48543e93f364fcd9cba/Utilities/Scripts/SlicerWizard/GithubHelper.py#L61), may be reused for this purpose.

#### New Icons Proposal

- **Slice Viewer Icon Review** : The proposal for new slice viewer icons was reviewed, as detailed in the [Slicer Discourse thread](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848/2). Key points include:

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**Author:** ![jcfr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/jcfr/32/17825_2.png) [@jcfr](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/jcfr)\
**Post date:** [August 15, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-08-13-weekly-meeting/37848/4 "2024-08-15T14:35:46Z")

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> - **Blending Options** : To better support the visualization of non-overlapping volumes, making blending optional was suggested.

Here is a proposed implementation by @Davide_Punzo 🙏 🚀

> <https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/pull/7886>
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> @lassoan