IGT:ToolKit/Navigation-tutorial

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The general navigation system consists of the following components:

• Slicer3: the base platform for navigation
• IGT loadable modules: Software modules, pluginned into Slicer3, for supporting IGT specific functionality
• IGSTK: An interfacing tool for common commercial tracking devices
• Tracking device: e.g. NDI Aurora tracking system

This tutorial explains how to set up a general navigation system with a tracking simulator.

Step 1: Install Slicer3

• Download one of the Slicer3 binaries (version 3.2 release)
  • For Windows (32-bit)
  • For Linux (x86, 32-bit)
  • For Linux (x86, 64-bit)
  • For Mac OS X (x86)
  • For Mac OS X (PPC)
• Unzip or install the Slicer3 on your computer

Step 2: Install OpenIGTLink module

• Download one of the following binaires of OpenIGTLink module. These binaries have been tested working in Slicer3.2.
  • For Linux (x86, 32-bit).
  • For Linux (x86, 64-bit).
  • For Windows (32-bit).
  • For Mac OS X(x86).

• Unzip the binary and copy all files into your-slicer3-build(install)-directory/lib/Slicer3/Modules.
• You should see OpenIGTLink in the Slicer3 module list after Slicer is started.

Step 3: Install tracker simulator

• This tracker simulator will generate and send fake tracking data to Slicer3. Download one of the following binaries:
  • For Linux (x86, 32-bit), click here.
  • For Linux (x86, 64-bit), click here.
  • For Windows (32-bit), click here.
  • For Mac OS X (x86), click here.
• Unzip the binary to some place on your computer.

Step 4: Perform navigation

• Run Slicer3. In the top directory of your Slicer3 installation, run this command to start up Slicer3:

./Slicer3

• Set up OpenIGTLink module
  • Choose OpenIGTLink from Slicer Module list:
  • Set up OpenIGTLink module to receive tracking data:
• Run tracker simulator to send tracking data to Slicer3:

cd to the install directory of TrackerSimulator
./TrackerSim  10  c  local 18944