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The '''Image Guided Therapy Toolkit''' is a toolkit being developed at the Brigham and Women's Hospital.  The IGT toolkit is a set of open source software tools integrated with supported hardware devices: [http://www.slicer.org www.slicer.org 3D Slicer] is our main platform for software development and dissemination, and 
[http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/OpenIGTLink OpenIGTLink] is a communication protocol that allows Slicer3 to communicate with imaging devices, trackers and medical robots. We encourage you to download and use the free tools and welcome any comments or feedback.


='''Tutorials'''=

See the [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/Slicer3:Training Slicer3 Training page] for additional tutorials on Slicer3 capabilities.

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| style="width:5%" | '''Level'''
| style="width:45%" | '''Tutorial'''
| style="width:20%" | '''Hardware Requirements''' 
| style="width:10%" | '''Tutorial''' 
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| style="background:#9BF2C5; color:black" align="Center"| '''1'''
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/IGT:ToolKit/Navigation-tutorial Basic Navigation Tutorial]
Illustrates Slicer3's tracking capabilities using a tracking simulator in place of an actual tracking device
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| None
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[[Image:IGTBasicNavigationSummary.png|200px|Basic Navigation]] 
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| style="background:#9BF2C5; color:black" align="Center"| '''1'''
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/IGT:ToolKit/Neurosurgical-Planning Neurosurgical Planning in Slicer3]
Demonstrate's Slicer3's IGT capabilities by using image registration, model making and DTI to create a preoperative plan for neurosurgery
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| None
| style="background:#C3D1C3; color:black" align="Center"| [[Image:NeurosurgicalPlanningOverview.png|200px|Neurosurgical Planning Overview]]
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| style="background:#9BF2C5; color:black" align="Center"| '''1'''
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/IGT:ToolKit/Prostate-Planning Prostate Therapy Planning in Slicer3]
Demonstrates Slicer3's IGT capabilities by using deformable registration and model making to create a preoperative plan for prostate therapy
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| None
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[[Image:ProstatePlanningOverview.jpg|200px|Prostate Planning Overview]]
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| style="background:#9BF2C5; color:black" align="Center"| '''1'''
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/LEGO_IGT_and_Medical_Robotics_Tutorial Lego IGT and Medical Robotics Tutorial]
Provides an overview of all of the main components of IGT and medical robotics, including imaging, pre-operative planning, targetting by tracking, navigation and registration
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| Lego Mindstorms NXT robot
Lego Deluxe Brick Box
| style="background:#C3D1C3; color:black" align="Center"| [[Image:Slicer3-IGT-LEGOTutorial-biopsy.jpg|200px|Lego Tutorial]]
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| style="background:#8EDEB5; color:black" align="Center"| '''2'''
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| [http://wiki.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/IGT:ToolKit/Navigation-with-Aurora Advanced Navigation Tutorial with a tracking device]
Illustrates Slicer3's tracking capabilities using a tracking device, and provides a more advanced overview of the OpenIGTLink protocol
| style="background:#D1FFF9; color:black"| Tracking device e.g. NDI Aurora
| style="background:#C3D1C3; color:black" align="Center"| [[Image:AdvancedNavigationTutorialSummary.png|200px|Advanced Navigation Tutorial]]
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='''Contact Information'''=
If you have any comments or requests, please contact Dr. Nobuhiko Hata  (''hata at bwh.harvard.edu'').

Dr. Hata leads the development of '''Slicer IGT''' at the [http://www.ncigt.org/ National Center for Image Guided Therapy].  See the website of his [http://snr.spl.harvard.edu/ Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory].

=Sponsors=
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Image:NCIGTlogo.gif|[http://www.ncigt.org National Center for Image Guided therapy]
Image:Cimit_logo.gif|[http://www.cimit.org CIMIT]
Image:NAMIC 380x463.jpg|[http://www.na-mic.org National Alliance for Medical Image Computing]
Image:Isip.jpg|[http://www.intelli-si.org/index_e.html Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project, Japan]