The 3D Slicer project has been funded primarily by the National Institutes of Health. Slicer is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, so it looks like almost everyone is covered here. From the software side of things it has plug-in capabilities that can interoperate with research PAC systems, and can handle a variety of formats, including DICOM.
The software is not FDA approved yet, thus can be used only for research and not clinical use. Open source code available to build platforms available as well. BD
Sept. 30, 2008 | The virtual operating room may be a step closer to reality, thanks to 
the latest version of 3D Slicer, a new generation of freeware that has already been used for brain mapping, image guided surgery, virtual colonoscopy, and other biomedical research. The aptly named “Slicer” provides different views of the same subject on demand, such as vivid 3-D images of the brain, created from the raw data of two-dimension magnetic resonance (MR) images.
Although there have been no commercial uses of 3D Slicer yet, Kikinis says, he expects such releases soon. “Everything we distribute—Slicer, and the underlying libraries and tool kits—are all free of patented code so there are no strings attached. This was done specifically to encourage adoption and use of commercial entities into medical products.” The software is not FDA approved, and is for research, not clinical use, says Kikinis. 
Slicer began as an open source collaboration between the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, as a way of integrating various aspects of image-guided medicine into a single environment. 3D Slicer is now routinely used at Brigham for pre-surgical cases, including MRI data to build 3-D models of the brain and to highlight tumors. The 3D Slicer package includes tools of analysis for Computed Tomography (CT) and MR, which include generating 3-D models, image analysis, aligning data obtained in different imaging modalities, and anatomical labeling of tissue types.
http://www.digitalhcp.com/2008/09/30/open-source-3D-slicer.html
And while on the Technology side of things not related to the above story, The Collider is almost here, video below…a global effort and recently featured on 60 minutes as well
The world’s largest computing grid is ready to tackle mankind’s biggest data challenge from the earth’s most powerful accelerator. Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the Worldwide LHC Computing Grid combines the power of more than 140 computer centers from 33 countries to analyze and manage more than 15 million gigabytes of LHC data every year.
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