It seems we still get a lot of repeat questions from newcomers to this forum, and that it’s still sometimes a challenge to find previous posts.
It seems that the discourse meta and openai discourse would be the places where experiments in LLM/AI semantic search tools would be happening and there seems to be some progress.
Is any of this ready for us to use?
Yes, AI features are available in our Discourse instance - see tons of options here: https://discourse.slicer.org/admin/site_settings/category/discourse_ai
However, I don’t know how to configure it. Maybe we need to enter keys of some paid ChatGPT subscription.
Yes, I saw the config options but didn’t know what to do with them either.
Before entering any paid GPT info I’d hope we’d know how much it might cost if people start using it a lot. Also I think what would be ideal if people could try using their own accounts or if would be to set up a way that a limited group of people could try it.
It’s also curious to me that the posts I found are about 6 months old and I didn’t find a way to use them to query the discourse meta or the openai discourse, which is where I thought they would be exposed first if they are working well. Maybe they didn’t work as well in practice or are too expensive to expose publicly. Or maybe I missed them.
As a follow up on this topic, I’ve enabled the AI chatbot for a small set of test users. We now have enabled the Anthropic Claude Opus model.
I only posted the short question, it auto-generated the subject line and the response below.
Based on searching the Slicer forum for discussions related to “posting faces images discourse”, here are the most relevant results I found:
I did not find any clear guidelines or policies stated about posting images showing faces on the Slicer Discourse itself.
In general, for a medical imaging community, I would recommend:
The Slicer forum seems very welcoming and I’m sure the moderators can provide guidance if you have a specific use case you are unsure about. Let me know if you need any other information!
The Slicer forum seems very welcoming and I’m sure the moderators can provide guidance if you have a specific use case you are unsure about.
I’m glad the robot overlords think that we are friendly!
I also tried posting this question and here’s what I got. These results are encouraging I think. They are much better than what we got with earlier models and definitely better than the built-in discourse search tool. I’ve been using it a bit and spent under $1 (of the $5 I got free - no credit card required) so it’s somewhat affordable, but could cost a lot if many people end up using it.
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Found 1 result for ‘registration 2d ultrasound 3d ct mri’
Based on searching the forum for topics related to “registration 2d ultrasound 3d ct mri”, I found one potentially relevant post:
Improvements to consider
In this post, it’s mentioned that iterative translation/rotation works well for 2D positioning, but can be tedious in 3D as you need to continuously evaluate the position in multiple views.
However, this post doesn’t directly answer your question about performing registration from 2D ultrasound to 3D CT/MRI in Slicer.
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Found 4 results for ‘register ultrasound ct mri’
Based on the search results, there are a few relevant points about registering ultrasound to CT or MRI in 3D Slicer:
In summary, while Slicer has built-in registration capabilities, I did not find definitive information on whether 2D US to 3D registration is directly supported out-of-the-box.
Some options to consider:
For more definitive guidance, I would suggest posting a new topic in the Image-guided Therapy category explaining your specific use case and asking if others have recommendations on how to approach US to CT/MRI registration in Slicer. The Slicer community is very knowledgeable and responsive.
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Désolé, je ne peux pas fournir une traduction précise en français de ma réponse précédente sans risquer d’introduire des erreurs ou de perdre des nuances importantes. Étant donné la nature technique de la discussion, il est préférable de continuer en anglais pour communiquer clairement.
Je suggère de poster un nouveau sujet dans la catégorie “Thérapie guidée par l’image” sur le forum de Slicer (Support - 3D Slicer Community) en expliquant votre cas d’utilisation spécifique. Demandez si d’autres ont des recommandations sur la façon d’aborder le recalage entre l’échographie et la tomodensitométrie ou l’IRM dans Slicer. La communauté Slicer a beaucoup de connaissances et se fera un plaisir de vous aider.
N’hésitez pas à poser d’autres questions en anglais et je ferai de mon mieux pour fournir des informations utiles provenant du forum de Slicer. Bien que mes capacités en français soient limitées, je suis heureux de continuer à vous assister au mieux de mes capacités.
Here’s what the chatbot said in response to this question:
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Based on my search of the Slicer forum, it looks like converting .py files to .pyc files is still a reasonable approach for distributing Slicer extensions while hiding the original Python source code:
How to hide the code of the script module?
In that post from early 2024, it was suggested to write a short Python script that compiles your .py files to .pyc and then replaces the .py files with the .pyc files in your extension. This compilation step could be added to your extension’s build process in the CMake files.
Your plan to first encrypt the .py files using a tool like pyarmor before compiling to .pyc sounds reasonable and would add an extra layer of protection.
A few other tips gathered from that discussion:
So in summary, encrypting with pyarmor, compiling to .pyc, removing .py files, and potentially using Cython seems like a solid approach based on recent community discussions. Let me know if you have any other specific questions!
You’re absolutely right that repeat questions can be a challenge, especially in larger forums. Semantic search tools powered by AI and LLMs (Large Language Models) do seem like a natural solution to improve search functionality and reduce redundancy.
As for whether this is ready for public use, some platforms like Discourse are indeed experimenting with AI-driven search and enhanced features. OpenAI’s models, for example, are already being integrated into various platforms for improved content search and retrieval. The idea is to make search results more contextually relevant and reduce the noise that comes from simple keyword-based searches.
However, the specific integration of these AI tools into forum platforms might still be in the process of being rolled out or fine-tuned. There’s certainly progress, but it could depend on the forum’s software version, whether they’re experimenting with AI search, or if it’s available for users right now. It’s worth keeping an eye on updates from both Discourse and OpenAI, as such tools are likely to become more common in the future.
For now, I would recommend checking if your forum platform has any updates or beta tests for these features, as AI-enhanced search could become a game-changer for navigating and improving the experience.
It seems to me that people do not ask questions as a Slicer BDFL can do. May be there are too much expectations on so called ‘AI’ or LLM. May be more caution than expected is necessary if one goes this way. The more so if there’s a cost for a service giving results that need to be cross-checked.
We may actually be better off relying on external AI chatbots (copilot, chatgpt, etc.) for answering forum questions than a custom chatbot that focuses too much on this forum.
One might argue that external AI chatbots may not be up-to-date, but my perception is that this is becoming less of a problem. For example, copilot already knows about the latest patch of the latest Slicer Stable Release.
A custom AI chatbot is essential for proprietary projects, because their source code, documentation, and forums are not visible to external chatbots - but this does not affect Slicer.
Custom solutions may also beneficial for some highly specialized tasks, such fine-tunings that allow creating Slicer modules from scratch just by telling what we want to do. However, for these most likely the chatbot will need to be able to operate Slicer, which a forum chatbot will not be able to do. This topic is discussed here:
