2015 Summer Project Week:IGTSliceletBase

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  Projects List

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  Full-screen module example 1

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  Full-screen module example 2

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  3D Slicer used in the operating room for breast surgery guidance

Key Investigators

• Andras Lasso
• Andrey Fedorov
• Adam Rankin
• Jayender Jagadeesan
• Laszlo Kanyasi

Project Description

Objective

• Generalize current Slicer-based intra-operative/surgical applications that are already successfully translated to the operating room
• Create base classes and utility functions for easy implementation of slicelets/full-screen modules that are convenient to use in the operating room, running on tablets and laptops

Approach, Plan

• Questions:
  • Slicelet/full-screen module, docking widgets (slicelets seem to have performance issue and it's difficult to make sure nothing relies on main window, status bar, etc.)
  • Scene initialization: create empty scene/activate loaded scene
  • How to split code to multiple files but still allow reloading (similarly to Editor?)
  • What are the minimum set of modules required for basic operation of Slicer
  • How to create logic class without activating the GUI
• Create base classes and/or utility classes
• Create intra-operative US/MRI prostate registration slicelet

Progress

• Guidance slicelet = guidelet base class is added to https://github.com/SlicerIGT/SlicerIGT, guidelets are added: https://github.com/SlicerIGT/LumpNav and https://github.com/SlicerIGT/ProstateNav
• Sample sequence (can be replayed using PlusServer)
• Collected information of several groups about common needs
  • Start in full screen
  • Save/load scene
  • Import pre-operative image (DICOM and non-DICOM)
  • Device control through Plus: live image and/or tracking acquisition, start/stop recording (record procedure - live images, tool positions), volume reconstruction
  • Switch between layouts
  • Switch between simplified/full slicer GUI
  • Send Plus configuration files to Plus
  • Create abstract workflow section and step; automatic transition to state; disable/show warning if prerequisites are not met
  • View-point, bulls-eye view
  • Edit application configuration
• Created base class that is ready to be used for prototyping US-guided procedures