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Welcome to the Medical Image Computing Suite (MedICS) documentation wiki.

MedICS is a cross-platform desktop environment for medical image visualization and analysis. It combines a scientific Python workspace, built-in toolboxes, and a pip-installable extension system in one application.

Python 3.11+ · Windows / macOS / Linux · Qt 6

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Start here

Page	What you will learn
Getting Started	Install, launch, and run a basic workflow
User Interface	Main window layout, docks, tabs, and menus
Workspace and Data	Variables, .med workspaces, and file I/O
MedImage	The canonical medical-image data model
Toolboxes	PyEditor, ImportData, FilePreview
Extensions	Install, create, and publish extensions
Configuration	config.ini reference (theme, window, chat, …)
Architecture	High-level design and startup lifecycle
CLI Reference	medics command-line options
Events and Data Flow	EventBus catalog and common data paths

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What MedICS is for

Typical work happens in a single window:

• File Explorer for the current folder
• Central tabs for toolboxes (editor, importer, preview, extensions)
• Variables dock for the in-memory workspace
• Bottom panel for Jupyter, terminal, and logs

Data lives in a shared workspace (DataDict) and can be saved as a .med file (HDF5). Scripts in PyEditor and the embedded Jupyter console see the same variables.

Images in that workspace are represented by MedImage — pixels, geometry, metadata, annotations, and provenance travel together as one object.

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Quick install

pip install medics
medics

See Getting Started for requirements, verification, and a first workflow.

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Scope of this wiki

This wiki documents the MedICS main application for end users and extension authors.

Note: License / authorization / payment features are not covered in the current wiki version.

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Related links

• Source (main app): Medical-Image-Computing-Suite/MedICS
• Community home: Medical-Image-Computing-Suite/MedICS-Community
• Website: medical-image-computing-suite.github.io