Build FAST on Windows

Install requirements

1. Download and install these tools:
   • Git
   • CMake
   • Visual Studio Community 2019. Do not use older version than 2019.
2. Install OpenCL and OpenGL.
   • OpenGL: Usually installed along with your graphics driver.
   • OpenCL: To install OpenCL on Windows, download an implementation depending on the CPU/GPU you have and want to use:
     • NVIDIA - Install CUDA
     • Intel - Install the Intel OpenCL SDK
3. FAST will download all other dependencies (Qt5, eigen, zlib, DCMTK, OpenVINO, tensorflow, +++) automatically. Note that some optional requirements are needed for video streaming and GPU neural network inference, this can be installed later.

Clone and Configure

Clone the code using Git and configure the project using CMake:

git clone https://github.com/smistad/FAST.git
cd FAST
mkdir build
cd build
# Default cmake configuration. Options may be added like so: 
# cmake.exe .. -DFAST_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DFAST_BUILD_EXAMPLES=ON -DFAST_MODULE_TensorFlow=ON
cmake.exe ..

This will create a Visual Studio solution in your build folder.

FAST has several optional modules and build options. These are enabled using cmake options named FAST_MODULE_<Name> and FAST_BUILD_<Name>. Here is a list of some options which might be useful:

• FAST_BUILD_TOOLS
• FAST_BUILD_EXAMPLES
• FAST_BUILD_TESTS
• FAST_BUILD_DOCS
• FAST_MODULE_TensorFlow
• FAST_MODULE_TensorRT
• FAST_MODULE_OpenVINO
• FAST_MODULE_Dicom
• FAST_MODULE_WholeSlideImaging
• FAST_MODULE_OpenIGTLink
• FAST_MODULE_Clarius
• FAST_MODULE_Python
• FAST_MODULE_HDF5
• FAST_MODULE_Plotting
• FAST_MODULE_RealSense

Compile

You can now compile FAST from Visual Studio by opening the FAST.sln file in the build folder (Remember to select Release config) OR you can compile FAST from the command line:

cmake.exe --build . --config Release --target ALL_BUILD -j 8

Test

To test that your build was successful, run the systemCheck application:

./bin/systemCheck.exe

This should display the FAST logo and some FAST+OpenCL information.

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Install

Set CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX to where you want to install FAST on your drive. Then run:

cmake.exe --build . --config Release --target INSTALL -j 8

Build Windows installer

To build a Windows executable installer run:

cmake.exe --build . --config Release --target package -j 8

Build the Python bindings (pyFAST)

Configure cmake with Python enabled: cmake.exe .. -DFAST_MODULE_Python=ON

Then build the python-wheel target: cmake.exe --build . --config Release --target python-wheel -j 8

The wheel will appear in the python/dist folder.