2012 Summer Project Week:LiveUltrasound
Tracked ultrasound navigation for prostate needle placement.
Spine navigation application.
Spine navigation application.
Key Investigators
- Queen's University: Tamas Ungi, Simrin Nagpal
- BWH: Junichi Tokuda
- Kitware: Andinet Enquobahrie
Objective
We are developing a Slicer4 module that can receive tracked ultrasound images through an OpenIGTLink connection, and create a representation of the real-time ultrasound image in the Slicer scene.
Approach, Plan
The PLUS (Public Library for Ultrasound) library will send OpenIGTLink messages to Slicer. Images to update the ultrasound image data, and transforms to update the ultrasound slice position and other surgical tools in the scene.
Progress
Live Ultrasound is implemented. The ultrasound image is modeled using a model MRML node with an image texture to provide high frame rate.
Delivery Mechanism
This work will be delivered to the NA-MIC Kit as a (please select the appropriate options by noting YES against them below)
- ITK Module
- Slicer Module
- Built-in
- Extension -- commandline
- Extension -- loadable -- YES
- Other (Please specify)
