Slicer3:Prostate Intervention Module

Objective

• Provide step-by-step navigation for prostate intervention.
• Integrate two existing modules ProstateNav and Queen's Transrectal Prostate Biopsy Module.

Discussions

• Which module could we take as a basis for the development?
  • ProstateNav (it is already in the trunk, supports OpenIGTLink)
  • Junichi will strip down the code.
• Workflow wizard steps
  • Should be specialized / customized for different applications
  • Two approaches for configurable wizard:
    • Static: The workflow is defined when the developer builds 3D Slicer
    • Dynamic: Run-time configuration. The users can configure the workflow by:
      • Choosing from the list of the pages in the GUI
      • Load XML file.
• Supporting different devices
  • Use OpenIGTLink as an abstraction layer

People

• Andras Lasso, Queen's University
• Junichi Tokuda, Brigham and Women's Hospital