# 2024.09.10 Weekly Meeting

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-09-10-weekly-meeting/38314>\
**Category:** Weekly meetings\
**Created:** [September 10, 2024, 1:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/2024-09-10-weekly-meeting/38314 "2024-09-10T13:19:21Z")\
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### Meeting Notes

#### Updates from TY Park: [pty0220](https://github.com/pty0220) on GitHub, [park](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/park/summary) on Discourse

- FUS (Focused Ultrasound) and TMS simulation (real-time) & visualization updates.
- MICCAI publication on [SlicerTMS](https://github.com/lorifranke/SlicerTMS) will be featured as an oral presentation of the poster. More details can be found [here](https://github.com/lorifranke/SlicerTMS?tab=readme-ov-file#publications).
- Watch the related video: [https://youtu.be/TRhmNf8oVCA](https://youtu.be/TRhmNf8oVCA?si=MZsLhWBlEykMJ-v5).

#### Dental Applications in Slicer

- A coordinated development of foundational features like panoramic view support is recommended.
- Related feature request:
  - [#7179](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/issues/7179): Add built-in support for Curved Planar Reformation (CPR).

- Potential collaborators:
  - Lucia Cevidanes’ group at Michigan University: [link](https://www.dent.umich.edu/directory/luciacev), [CMF Slicer](https://cmf.slicer.org/).
  - Ebatinca’s [DENT.AI](https://ebatinca.com/en/capabilities/medical-systems#page-zones __main-widgets__ 66548c74b8def-widgets __66548c74be1a3-zones__ 66548c74c24fd-widgets__66548c74c30ca).
  - Kitware . Read about the [Dental Segmentator Extension](https://www.kitware.com/dental-segmentator/).

#### New Icon Design

- Discussed proposed icons for segment editor effects. View the icons [here](https://github.com/Slicer/slicer-media-assets/tree/main/SlicerIcons/SlicerSVG/SimpleColorStyle/DarkThemeIcons/Modules/SegmentEditorModule).

- Examples of menu items that could benefit from icons for improved accessibility:

- Discussed the possibility of displaying tooltips in the status bar/data probe when hovering over items.

#### Slicer Training Page

- @lassoan has drafted a new landing page for Slicer training, which will be hosted at `tutorials.slicer.org`. View the draft [here](https://hackmd.io/yjTx5oIxRiyvuXUPSpoPCw).

#### Example Marp Repository

- Example Markdown repository: [MorphoDepotDocs](https://github.com/pieper/MorphoDepotDocs), which auto-renders to a website: [https://pieper.github.io/MorphoDepotDocs](https://pieper.github.io/MorphoDepotDocs). Limited in scope but potentially useful for specific types of sites.

#### Upcoming VTK Changes

- Runtime detection of GLX, EGL, and OSMesa for OpenGL context will be enabled. See [merge request](https://gitlab.kitware.com/vtk/vtk/-/merge_requests/11367) for more details.

#### Certificate Issue

- Further investigation needed to develop a simple yet secure solution.
- Related posts:
  - [Sandbox module cannot be downloaded via extension manager today?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/sandbox-module-cannot-be-downloaded-via-extension-manager-today/33809)
  - [How can Slicer be configured to cooperate with institutions that enforces SSL bumping and use self-signed certificates at the Firewall?](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/how-can-slicer-be-configured-to-cooperate-with-institutions-that-enforces-ssl-bumping-and-use-self-signed-certificates-at-the-firewall/37566)

#### Slicer 5.8 Release Plan

- Tentative release scheduled for the last week of October.
- Updates to VTK and transition to Qt 6 are postponed for a later release.
- Associated [Milestone](https://github.com/Slicer/Slicer/milestone/10) will be updated in next week’s hangout.
- A GDCM/ITK patch will be required to address a regression in the DICOM database. See:
  - [Discourse post](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/regression-in-the-dicom-data-base/37913).
  - [ITK issue](https://github.com/InsightSoftwareConsortium/ITK/issues/4794).

#### Brief Discussion: Software as a Medical Device

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