2016 Summer Project Week/Workshop on Shared Software Platform for Ultrasound-Guided Medical Interventions

Introduction

Several groups have developed ultrasound-guided intervention systems in the last two decades but until recently these groups have worked mostly in parallel, independently from each other. The Image Guided Systems Inter-Operability (IGSIO) group was founded in 2016 January after lengthy discussions regarding the standardization of tracked ultrasound communication to work towards improving the interoperability between industrial products and research software platforms. See more information about this effort at http://igsio.github.io/.

The goal of this workshop is to promote the concept and practice of a shared software platform for ultrasound-guided interventions. Participants will learn, in practice, to build clinical applications using software platform tools.

Tentative agenda (keep checking this page for more details)

• 9-10am: Introduction of existing open-source infrastructure for building ultrasound-guided intervention systems
  • Plus/SlicerIGT/3DSlicer (Andras Lasso)
  • CustusX
  • IBIS
• 10.30am-12pm: Bring your own problem - discussion of implementation options for specific clinical procedures using open-source platforms.
  • EM needle guidance in breast brachytherapy (Thomas Vaughan)
  • Tracked ultrasound guided lumpectomy (Tamas Ungi)
  • <add your name and clinical application here>
• 1pm-2pm: Slicelets, guidelets
  • Slicelet example: Gel dosimetry slicelet extension (code)
    • Specification & design: data-flow diagram defining the workflow steps that were eventually implemented - recommended way of design (on extension page)
    • Tutorial slides and dataset (on extension page)
• Afternoon: Hands-on session for setting up prototype systems for ultrasound guidance and tool navigation.

Registration

No registration is required, just add your name to the participant list below or send an email to Andras Lasso (lasso@queensu.ca).

Participants

1. Christian Askeland
2. Janne Beate Bakeng
3. David Black
4. Longquan Chen
5. Lauren O'Donnell
6. Simon Drouin
7. Jon Eiesland
8. Sarah Frisken
9. Mónica García-Sevilla
10. Verónica García-Vazquez
11. Ron Kikinis
12. Thomas Kirchner
13. Bojan Kocev
14. Andras Lasso
15. Ines Machado
16. David García-Mato
17. Hans Meine
18. Javier Pascau
19. Steve Pieper
20. Csaba Pinter
21. Adam Rankin
22. Ole Vegard Solberg
23. Yannick Suter
24. Junichi Tokuda
25. Tamas Ungi
26. Thomas Vaughan
27. Rocío Lopez-Velasco
28. Frank Lindseth
29. Ingerid Reinertsen