IGT:ToolKit

The wiki pages here present the tool kit we are using or developing at Brigham and Women's Hospital for the purpose of image guided therapy (IGT). The IGT kit is a set of open source software tools with supported hardware devices. We encourage you download and use the free tools if you find them useful to you and welcome any comments or feedback from your experience

The Image Guided Therapy Toolkit

• 3D Slicer
  • Slicer3 (www.slicer.org) is our main platform for software development and dissemination
  • Click here for the Slicer3 installation page

• Core open source software and protocol
  • The Slicer IGT page provides guidelines for developers and clinicians and information about current projects and upcoming events
  • OpenIGTLink is a communication protocol that allows Slicer3 to communicate with imaging devices, trackers and medical robots

• Additional optional open source software
  • IGSTK (The Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit) is used to interface to commercial IGT tracking devices
  • The Robot Control Toolkit is used as an interface to surgical robots

• Sample Data
  • Sample data is available here

Example projects

Volume rendering with real-time imaging Volume rendering with CUDA VTK-MIST integration for fast volume rendering GPU accelerated medical image processing for IGT 4D US using OpenIGTLink 3D ultrasound module in Slicer3 using OpenIGTLink

Tutorials

See the Slicer3 Training page for additional tutorials on Slicer3 capabilities.

Level	Tutorial	Sample Data	Image
1	Data Loading and Visualization in Slicer3	SlicerSampleVisualization.tar.gz
1	Basic EM Segmentation	EMSegTutorial-AHM2008.zip
2	EM Advanced Course Mini-tutorials: EMSegmenter Mini-Tutorials	EMSegTutorial-AHM2008.zip
2	Slicer3 Course for Developers This tutorial is intended for engineers and scientists who want to to integrate external programs with Slicer3.	HelloWorld.zip

Navigation Tutorial

Tutorial includes installation of Open IGT Link module. Tracking emulator is provided in place of actual tracking device. No tracking device needed for this tutorial.

Neurosurgical Planning as an Example of IGT in Slicer3

Advanced Tutorial

Navigation with tracking device

Tutorial with a tracking device. IGSTK installation required.

Contact Info

If you have any comments or requests, please contact Dr. Nobuhiko Hata at: hata {at-mark} bwh.harvard.edu. Dr. Hata leads the development of Slicer IGT at National Center for Image Guided Therapy.