OpenIGTLink/Approaches

<< OpenIGTLink

Three Approaches

Implement by yourself

• Writing applications in non-C/C++ languages
• The protocol is defined in the protocol description page.

Use simple C code (igtlutil)

• The code provides C structures for the generic header, image header and transform header, and supporting functions to create a message packet.
• Suitable for applications written in C and C++
• If you just copy the source files into your source directory, you never have library link issue.

Use the Open IGT Link Library

• The library supports
  • Classes to create Open IGT Link message
  • TCP/IP Socket
  • Thread and Mutex useful to make server program
• The library instruction is available on the Open IGT Link Library page.

Features	From scratch	igtlutil	Open IGT Link Library
Language	Any	C (can be included in C++ codes)	C++
Platform	Any	Where ANSI C compiler is available	Windows, Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X
Generic Header	-	Yes	Yes
Transform	-	Yes	Yes
Image	-	Yes	Yes
Endian Conversion	-	Yes	Yes
CRC Calculation	-	Yes	Yes
Socket	-	-	Yes
Thread & Mutex	-	-	Yes