HybridProbe

Timeline

Task	Status	Deadline
Connect EM and Optical tracking system to Slicer		-
Create HybridProbe Module to register them		-
Install and switch to BrainLab system (OpenIGTLink included version)		-
Design and create HybridProbe with Sam		-
Test and validate HybridProbe		-

Development

Connect EM and optical system to Slicer

• Use NDI Toolkit to connect and calibrate Aurora and Polaris systems
• Only one pivot calibration to calibrate both systems

Create HybridProbe Module to register them

• Select several points, record values of each system, and calculate a rigid registration using pair points registration
• Drop EM sensor under transformation to register it to the optical one

Install and switch to Brainlab system

• BrainLab has been updated in AMIGO to the version including OpenIGTLink
• Switching to BrainLab include bringing Aurora in OR. Are we allowed to ?
• How to synchronize EM and Optical values ?

Tips

• Orientation of EM and Optical system are different because coordinate system are different (not possible to "fix it"), so I created a model flipped, and use it to display EM tracker
• Aurora configuration (from IGSTK):

 communication->SetBaudRate(SerialCommunication::BaudRate9600);                   // Baud: 9600
 communication->SetDataBits(SerialCommunication::DataBits8);                      // DataBits: 8
 communication->SetParity(SerialCommunication::NoParity);                         // Parity: 0
 communication->SetStopBits(SerialCommunication::StopBits1);                      // StopBits: 1
 communication->SetHardwareHandshake(SerialCommunication::HandshakeOff);          // HandShake: 0