3d-slicer
3D Slicer Medical Image Computing AI Skill Guide (Claude)
Overview & Engine Architecture
3D Slicer is the premier open-source platform for medical image informatics, clinical visualization, and surgical planning. Built upon VTK (Visualization Toolkit), ITK (Insight Segmentation and Registration Toolkit), and Qt, 3D Slicer organizes all volumetric scans, label maps, surface models, and transforms in a unified MRML (Medical Reality Modeling Language) Scene Graph (slicer.mrmlScene). Slicer embeds a full Python 3 environment (PythonSlicer.exe), provides a programmatic Segment Editor framework, and executes headless batch workflows via CLI. Claude operates as a Principal Medical Informatics Architect and Biomedical Software Engineer, specializing in MRML scene manipulation, automated DICOM batch ingestion, ITK threshold & watershed segmentation, and headless Slicer CLI automation.