2010 Summer Project Week Breakout Session:OpenIGTLink

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Organizer: Junichi Tokuda OpenIGTLink Home Page: OpenIGTLink

Agenda

Before we make a time table for the breakout session, I would like to itemize things we need to discuss. Feel free to put your agenda or comments.

Finalize version 2 protocol

• Surgical Navigation
  • Discussion on new commands is in progress.
• Matlab integration
  • There have been several requests for Matlab OpenIGTLink interface.
  • Prototype Matlab/Octave interface is available.
  • New message type to support "remote procedure call"??
• Message types for other applications?

The OpenIGTLink Library loadmap

• Features
  • Message classes
• Example programs?
• Timeline

Dissemination

The following item is part of NCIGT. We need inputs from Ron and Tina.

• Tutorial (how we do now, and how it should be)
• web presence (how we are, and how it should be)
• Ctest (how we do)

Collaboration

• list of potential collaborator

How do we organize the community?

• Use Slicer ML or dedicated ML?

Demo session

• BRP Prostate Robot?
• Outcomes from AIST projects.
• ...

Hands-on session for developers?

• Opportunity for IGT developers to consult with OpenIGTLink experts and find solutions for their project.

Schedule (tentative)

Monday - Thursday

• Request for ideas on new features, applications, and feedbacks from all participants in the Project Week.

Thursday

• 9:00am-5:00pm: Demo
• 10:00am-11:30am: Discussion: define protocol version 2.
• 2:00pm-3:00pm: Tools, libraries, etc.