The Tools

 

This menu will enable you to select which of the tools you want to be visible in the  control area. The available tools are grouped in categories: "All Modes", "2D, "TAG", "3D" and possibly more. Depending on the current mode, certain categories of tools may be unavailable (for example, TAG tools such as "Tag Lock" are only available in one of the segmentation modes).  Otherwhise, the unavailable tools will have their buttons in blue outline.  If all the tools in a category are unavailable, the category itself is collapsed with a "no access" icon.  For the other ones, just clicking on their buttons will activate the tool.  Active tools will have their button yellow.  Tools from sliceOmatic basic package have a grey button, while tools imported from the "Additional Modules" section of the Web download pages have a cyan button.

 

Activated tools can be closed either from the "x" in the right corner of the tool's interface, or by clicking their button a second time in the tool menu.

 

You can also collapse or expand the available categories using the "+" or "-" present near the category's name.

 

 

 

 

The All Modes Tools:

These are the tools that are independent of the 2D/3D information, they are available in all modes.

 

 

The 2D Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the 2D modes.

 

 

The TAG Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the Segmentation (TAG) modes.

 

 

The Multi TAG Tools:

This group is only present if you installed the optional Multi-TAG tools.

 

 

The 3D Tools:

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the 3D modes.

 

 

The Ultrasound Tools:

 

These are tools that are only available if the current Mode is one of the Ultrasound modes..

 

 

Warning:

 

If the program is not full screen or if the screen resolution is not sufficient, some of the tools may not have enough room to be displayed in the tool control area. If this happens, you will see the following warning in the text window:

To fix this, you can either increase the size of sliceOmatic's window or decrease the size of the tools through the Configuration Menu.

 

Each of the available tools are described in more detail in the following sections.

 

If you select more tools than the program can fit in the tool control area, the latest selections will be given priority.