# Collaborative/distributed segmentation of many images

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** annotations\
**Created:** [December 30, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990 "2022-12-30T16:41:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gourav25911](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/gourav25911/32/17870_2.png) [@Gourav25911](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Gourav25911)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990/1 "2022-12-30T16:41:46Z")

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Hello 3D slicer community,

I am wondering if there is a extension/feature available in 3D slicer that allows users to collaboratively annotate / work on images. People can work in teams perform their operations /collaboratively annotate, segment, and get seamless access to datasets

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**Author:** ![muratmaga](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/muratmaga/32/3622_2.png) [@muratmaga](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/muratmaga)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990/2 "2022-12-30T18:19:02Z")

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> [@Gourav25911](#):
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> I am wondering if there is a extension/feature available in 3D slicer that allows users to collaboratively annotate / work on images. People can work in teams perform their operations /collaboratively annotate, segment, and get seamless access to datasets

If you mean realtime collaboration (as if editing a google doc), that is not available. Otherwise data exchange is fairly easy. You can create a scene with all the data loaded, package it is a MRB file and send it to your collaborators for them to work on them.

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**Author:** ![pieper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/pieper/32/8_2.png) [@pieper](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/pieper)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2022, 6:59pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990/3 "2022-12-30T18:59:06Z")

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> [@muratmaga](#):
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> Otherwise data exchange is fairly easy.

Agreed. What we routinely do these days is share a dropbox or google drive filled with source data and segmentations. The downside is you need to use directory names and spreadsheets to track things, but it’s workable.

The [MONAI Label Reviewer](https://github.com/Project-MONAI/MONAILabel/tree/main/plugins/slicer/MONAILabelReviewer) module may be of interest but I haven’t tried it myself.

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**Author:** ![Gourav25911](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/gourav25911/32/17870_2.png) [@Gourav25911](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Gourav25911)\
**Post date:** [January 2, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/collaborative-distributed-segmentation-of-many-images/26990/4 "2023-01-02T12:44:54Z")

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Thanks for the suggestion. We will try it