OpenIGTLink/ProtocolV2/Type/ImageMeta

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Summary

The IMGMETA message is used to transfer image meta information which are not available in IMAGE message type, such as patient name, medical record number, modality etc. An IMGMETA message can contain meta data for multiple images. This message type may be used to obtain a list of images available in the remote system, such as image database or commercial image-guided surgery (IGS) system.

Message Types

IMGMETA

Data	Type	Description
Name/Description	char[64]	Name or description of the image
Id	char[20]	Id to query the IMAGE and COLORT
Modality	char[32]	String which specifies the modality
Patient name	char[64]	Name of the patient
Patient id	char[64]	Id of the patient
Timestamp	64 bit unsigned	Scan time, see OpenIGTLink/Timestamp
RI, RJ, RK	16 bit unsigned	Number of pixels in each direction (same as in IMAGE)
S	8 bit unsigned	Scalar type (e.g. 3:uint8, 5:uint16, same as in IMAGE)
--	8 bit unsigned	Reserved

• More than one item can be transmitted. The number is bodySize/itemSize.
• To get the IMAGE, GET_IMAGE is used with the Id in the device name field.

GET_IMGMETA

Data

Type

Description

STT_IMGMETA

N/A

STP_IMGMETA

N/A

Implementations

XXX message type is implemented in the following source code.

• igtlXXXXMessage.h (link to the file in subversion repository, if available)
• igtlXXXXMessage.cxx (link to the file in subversion repository, if available)

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