# AI segmentation extension with GPU

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** segmentation, extensions-manager, dicom, python\
**Created:** [November 19, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681 "2020-11-19T02:33:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Legendsevl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/legendsevl/32/8887_2.png) [@Legendsevl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Legendsevl)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681/1 "2020-11-19T02:33:13Z")

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Operating system:Win10  
Slicer version:4.11  
Expected behavior:local GPU accelerate  
Actual behavior:I know that volume rendering can accelerate GPU, but in other extensions, such as NVIDIA’s segmentation model, data is transmitted to the server for processing. Would you like to ask whether NVIDIA’s cloud is accelerated by GPU, or whether it can be accelerated by using local GPU

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 2:36am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681/2 "2020-11-19T02:36:33Z")

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You can speed up the AI segmentation by running NVidia AIAA server on your computer, using your GPU. Then transfer to the server will be almost immediate and since the processing itself usually takes just a couple of seconds, you will have segmentation in within about 10 seconds.

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**Author:** ![Legendsevl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/legendsevl/32/8887_2.png) [@Legendsevl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Legendsevl)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 3:06am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681/3 "2020-11-19T03:06:30Z")

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Thank you for your timely reply, but could you describe in more detail how to use GPU to accelerate the AIAA model of NVIDIA on 3D slicer? If you can provide reference materials such as documents or videos, it would be very grateful

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**Author:** ![lassoan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/lassoan/32/13_2.png) [@lassoan](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/lassoan)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681/4 "2020-11-19T04:16:14Z")

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You set up your server on your computer (there is a link to instructions in the [extension’s documentation](https://github.com/NVIDIA/ai-assisted-annotation-client/tree/master/slicer-plugin#setup)) and then you specify your computer’s IP address in AIAA segment editor effect.

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**Author:** ![Legendsevl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/legendsevl/32/8887_2.png) [@Legendsevl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Legendsevl)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2020, 7:05am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ai-segmentation-extension-with-gpu/14681/5 "2020-11-19T07:05:44Z")

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Great, thanks for your reply