Release Note - March 30, 2026

Introducing GUI‑Based Imaging Workflows in Data Studio

General

This release adds Graphical User Interface (GUI) based visualization tools to Data Studio, enabling researchers to work with complex imaging data directly on the platform. OHIF Viewer, 3D Slicer, and ImageJ can now be launched as cloud-hosted, desktop-like applications from Data Studio or from the Files tab, without local installation or configuration. Annotated outputs and result files from 3D Slicer and ImageJ can be exported back to the project workspace for downstream analysis.

New features

GUI-based imaging tools in Data Studio (OHIF Viewer, 3D Slicer, ImageJ)

Data Studio now supports Graphical User Interface (GUI) GUI-based imaging applications, enabling advanced visualization and annotation workflows alongside existing code-based environments such as JupyterLab and RStudio. OHIF Viewer, 3D Slicer, and ImageJ are available directly from the Create new analysis dialog in Data Studio, and from the Files tab via Open in Data Studio → Create new analysis, providing a consistent launch experience across both entry points. As part of this update, the existing SlicerJupyter (Beta) a remains available, with the new GUI 3D Slicer added alongside it.

The following capabilities are available when working with these tools:

Custom extensions and plugins can be installed for OHIF Viewer, 3D Slicer, and ImageJ, with changes persisted and available on session restart.
Annotated outputs and result files from 3D Slicer and ImageJ can be exported back to the project workspace for downstream analysis.
Access to external data sources, including external repositories and data endpoints, is available subject to the project's network access settings.
GPU-enabled instance types are available for compute-intensive imaging workloads.
Multi-cloud provider selection is supported to help minimize data egress costs.

Resources

To learn more about enabling GUI-based imaging tools for your organization or to get help planning a migration of existing imaging workflows, please contact your Velsera Seven Bridges representative or reach out to the Seven Bridges support team at [email protected].