Abstract
This article introduces Slicer-Liver, an extension for the 3D Slicer image computing platform (Kikinis et al., 2013) (https://slicer.org). The software aims to address challenges in liver surgery planning by leveraging geometric modeling and visualization techniques. More specifically, Slicer-Liver enables integral liver surgery plans, including virtual resections, vascular territories, as well as volumetry analysis. Progress and preliminary results obtained with Slicer-Liver show the potential of the software to be used for improving the state-of-the-art approaches in the definition of virtual resections, visualization of resection plans, as well as classification of the liver segments. These contributions hold promise on enhancing liver surgery planning and potentially improving liver surgery outcomes. Slicer-Liver is intended for research use within the fields of biomedicine and computer science.