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* [http://www.na-mic.org/ National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC)]
 
* [http://www.na-mic.org/ National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC)]
 
*[http://www.intelli-si.org Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project] sponsored by The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
 
*[http://www.intelli-si.org Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project] sponsored by The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
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*Jumpei Arata, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (robot control)
  
 
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Revision as of 02:42, 29 January 2008

Home < OpenIGTLink

Overview

Open IGT Link is a simple network protocol intended for trackers, robots and other devices to send data to the main application. Some devices might also accept commands. This is a generalization of the previous Tracker Daemon.

ROBOT IGT

Devices

  • MRI real time image (currently supporting GE, with an plan to invite other vnedors)
  • JHU robots and encoders
  • List all devices supported by IGSTK
  • Aurora
  • Optotrack
  • future:
    • commercial naviation system
    • other open source effort (Siemens)

(Please contact us if you would like to include other devices.)

Protocol and implementations

Based on simple TCP/IP protocol that can be directly accessed through sockets.

People / Organizations

License

New BSD license ©2008 Insight Software Consortium


Resources