OpenIGTLink

Prototype integration of a neurosurgical robot and Slicer3 using OpenIGTLink, Hideo Fujimoto, Nagoya Inst Tech., Japan

Screenshot of tracker tool visualization on the 3D Slicer, Brigham and Women's Hopsital

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. ( Robot IGT )

This is a generalization of the previous Tracker Daemon.

Protocol

• Standard Open IGT Link Protocol description
  • JHU MRI robot and encoders
  • JHU TRUS robot
• Open discussions on Open IGT Link Protocol

Implementation

• The Open IGT Link Library
• Tutorial for the Open IGT Link Library
• Which is the best approach to implement Open IGT Link in your application?

Software

• Open IGT Link Interface for 3D Slicer

Devices

• MRI real time image (currently supporting GE, planning to invite other vendors)
• JHU robots and encoders - JHU page
• List all devices supported by IGSTK
• Aurora
• Optotrack
• FlockOfBirds
• Polaris

• future:
  • commercial naviation system
  • other open source effort (Siemens)

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

People / Organizations

• Luis Ibanez, Kitware
• Junichi Tokuda, BWH
• Csaba Csoma, JHU
• Jack Blevins, Acousticmed
• Patrick Cheng, Georgetown University
• Haying Liu, BWH
• Insight Software Consortium
• National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC)
• Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project sponsored by The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan
• Jumpei Arata, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan (Nagoya robot control)

License

New BSD license ©2008 Insight Software Consortium

Resources

• Slicer 3 Image Guided Therapy (IGT) suite
• Slicer 3 Daemon
• Tracker Daemon
• OpenDMTP - Open Device Monitoring and Tracking Protocol
• Uniform Driver Interface (UDI)
• Meetings concerning Open IGT Link
• A backup of this site