LEGO IGT and Medical Robotics Tutorial

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People:

Danielle Pace, Surgical Planning Lab and Robarts Research Institute

Ron Kikinis, Surgical Planning Lab

Nobuhiko Hata, Surgical Planning Lab


Overview:

This tutorial provides a thorough understanding of the main concepts in image-guided therapy and medical robotics, namely imaging, pre-operative planning, targetting by tracking, navigation and registration. The tutorial is open-source and completely free for anyone to use or modify (see http://www.slicer.org for details).


The tutorial is:

  • Hands-on: Using a LEGO robot, a LEGO phantom (anatomical model) and a tutorial module in 3D Slicer v. 3 means that tutorial participants can use real physical equipment and software to learn about IGT and medical robotics.
  • Accessible: The tutorial software is open-source, and the cost of the materials is approximately $300 USD + shipping and taxes.


Tutorial Materials:

Provided by NA-MIC and the Surgical Planning Lab:

  • 3D Slicer v. 3 tutorial module
  • CT volume of the phantom
  • Tutorial slides
  • Assembly instructions for the robot and the phantom
  • Phantom placement guide


Provided by tutorial participants:

  • 1 LEGO Mindstorms NXT kit
  • 1 LEGO Deluxe Brick box
  • 2 pom-poms
  • Linux computer with root access


Getting the Tutorial Materials:

All supplied tutorial materials are available from the Insight Journal: http://hdl.handle.net/1926/567 (unzip the "Full Download" file)

For user-supplied materials, see the "Background and Materials" tutorial slides for purchasing information.

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