User interface

When you open aRTist, you will see its main window (Fig. 4) with the following areas.

  • Menu bar, used to access detailed settings and commands.

  • Toolbar, used to access the most commonly used functions and viewer settings.

  • Parameter panel, used to control the current model parameters for the scene, X-ray source and detector.

  • Virtual scene, a 3D scene view of the radiographic setup.

  • Docking area, integrates additional program windows and modules. By default, the Image Viewer showing the simulated radiograph is placed here.

  • Status bar displays what’s currently going on.

Fig. 4 shows the default view of the user interface. The scene already contains two items: source and detector. The three main areas (parameter panel, virtual scene, docking area) can be scaled by clicking and dragging the edges of the respective areas.

aRTist main window

Fig. 4 aRTist main window.

User interface elements: