AHM2012-3D-US-Slicer-Breakout

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Objective

The objective of this break out session is discuss 1) the current Slicer activities related to ultrasound guided therapies, 2) identify shared interest effort overlap, and common unmet needs, 3) produce common statement from participants about the action plans. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Time/Date/Place

• In 2012 NA-MIC all hands meeting
• 8:10-12:00, Wednesday, January 11, 2012
• Amethyst room, Marriott, Salt Lake City, UT

Coordinator

• Nobuhiko Hata, PhD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
• Andras Lasso, PhD, Queens University

Agenda

• 8:10-8:20, Welcome, Goal of the meeting, Meeting logistics, Note taking in wiki
• 8:20-8:35, Project introduction 1, PLUS library and/or Canadian projects efforts, Andras Lasso (slides)
  • Keywords: Plus framework, applications, spatial & temporal calibration, volume reconstruction, ECG
• Project introduction 2, Tamas Ungi, Tracked real-time 2D ultrasound in Slicer (LiveUltrasound).
  • Keywords: OpenIGTLink, needle guidance
• Project introduction 3, Elvis Chen, GPU volume rendering. We have developed (clean room implementation) a stand-along, CUDA-based, VTK class for volume rendering. It is meant to be a drop-in replacement for vtkVolumeMapper. In addition, we implemented multi-dimentional transfer function, allowing much concise pixel-classification and visualization. Video demo will be given, source code will be made available.
  • Keywords: CUDA, volume rendering, transfer function
• Project introduction 4, Laurent Chauvin, 4D US rendering
  • Keywords:
• Project introduction 5, Mehdi Moradi, Prostate 3D US, BWH Efforts on US imaging. The ProFocus BK machine, equipped with the optional research interface has the ability to stream RF data over a CameraLink connection to a frame grabber. This setup is now in use in BWH. The software developed for data logging lacks a GUI, the ability for real time B-mode display, and tracking at the moment. The PLUS library, developed for streaming data from the Ultrasonix machine through an OpenIGTLink, essentially meets the visualization and tracking aims. We want to integrate the BK RF streaming module with the PLUS/Slicer development.

• • Keywords:
• Project introduction 6, Junichi Tokuda/Steve Pieper, Related engineering effort: Handling 4D Images in Slicer
  • Keywords: OpenIGTLink, 4D Image Module
• Project introduction 7, Nobuhiko Hata, review of U.S. US efforts
  • Keyword: JHU efforts, BWH efforts, more...

• 10:00-10:30, Coffee break and
• 10:30-11:00, Summary of current US projects, Breakdown of core technologies
• 11:00-11:30, Identifying unmet needs,
• 11:30-10:00, Group statement, Action Plan, Plan for the next events