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SlicerMorph on the cloud

MorphoCloud On-Demand Instances: Run 3D Slicer and SlicerMorph inside a web browser.

Powerful virtual machines (compute instances) that provide interactive remote desktop interface with 3D Slicer and SlicerMorph and its related extensions preloaded for 3D digital morphology and morphometrics data processing.

In a nutshell, you:

  1. Have a research and/or teaching focus centered on 3D biological structure (e.g., 3D morphometrics, or visualization);
  2. Need occasional access to powerful computers with large amounts of RAM and GPU (up to 40GB GPU)
  3. You have a github account;
  4. You have an ORCID with a public profile.

Also, note that any use case falls under the category of Human Subject Research is not allowed on MorphoCloud.

To get more information about these instances, please review this document.

Available Instance Types

Flavor RAM Cores GPU Storage
g3.l** 60GB 16 A100 (20GB) 100GB
g3.xl 125GB 32 A100 (40GB) 100GB
m3.x 250GB 64 None 100GB
r3.l 500GB 64 None 100GB
r3.xl 1000GB 128 None 100GB

**g3.l is the default flavor.
Click to see the approximate (delayed 5 minutes) count of available resources on JS2

MorphoCloud Commands

Command Description Who can run
/shelve Shelve (turn off) the instance. Issue creator, Admin
/unshelve Unshelve (turn on) the instance. Issue creator, Admin
/encode_email Update issue description obfuscating emails. Issue creator, Admin
/decode_email Update issue description deobfuscating emails. Issue creator, Admin
/email Send email to Issue creator with connection URL (only possible if instance is active) Issue creator, Admin
/renew Extend the instance lifespan if additional time is available. Issue creator, Admin
/create Approve the request and then e the instance and the volume. Admin
/delete_instance Delete the instance. Admin
/delete_volume Delete the storage volume. Admin
/delete_all Delete the instance and volume. Admin

Ready to give a try?

Go to https://github.com/MorphoCloud/MorphoCloudInstances/issues/new/choose, click Get Started and fill in the issue template and choose your instance flavor. Your request will be approved within 24h (often faster).

MorphoCloud Desktop Interface

  • A: Side toolbar that gets activated by pressing the CTRL (or CMD) + ALT + SHIFT keys. It allows copy/paste into the remote session, browse and download files on the remote drive and adjust screen zoom levels (cut from the screenshot).

  • B: Shortcuts to commonly used applications and to MyData storage volume.

  • C: Displays list of available applications (searchable)

  • D: Right mouse clicking anywhere on desktop brings this menu, including changing screen resolution (Display settings).

  • E: Click on this icon anytime to extend your session for additional 4 hours.

Funding & Acknowledgement

MorphoCloud services, including MorphoCloud OnDemand Instances, are supported by funding from National Science Foundation (DBI/2301405) and National Institutes of Health (NICHD/HD104435). MorphoCloud runs on cyberinfrastructure that is made available by current and previous funding from by National Science Foundation (Jetstream2: OAC/2005506, Exosphere: TI/2229642). Initial development of SlicerMorph was previously supported by National Science Foundation (DBI/1759883).

If you use any of the MorphoCloud services for your project, please acknowledge our funders with this statement:

“This study relied on cyberinstructure supported by grants from National Science Foundation (MorphoCloud: DBI/2301405; JetStream2: OAC/2005506; Exosphere: TI/2229642) and National Institutes of Health (MorphoCloud: NICHD HD104435).”

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