Architecture

This documentation is for a much older version of cornerstone-tools. While it may still loosely apply, more recent information can be found at https://tools.cornerstonejs.org

Please see this page for general architecture information about cornerstone.

Details specific to cornerstoneTools:

This library has the following external dependencies:

• jQuery For event handling. This is mainly for convenience during development and use of this library will be reconsidered when we get closer to release.
• cornerstone For image display
• hammerjs For touch gestures

This library organizes code into the following directories:

• imageTools - code for tools that work in the context of a single image
• inputSources - code that provides an abstraction layer for input sources (e.g. mouse events, touch events, key events)
• manipulators - support code for common tool functionality (moving, resizing, drawing, etc)
• math - code for mathematical calculations that tools often need (e.g. computational geometry)
• stackTools - code for tools that work in the context of a stack of images (e.g. CT series)
• stateManagement - code for managing tool state
• util - code for general purpose utilities