2010 Summer Project Week Breakout Session:OpenIGTLink

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Organizer: Junichi Tokuda
Date: Thursday, June 24, 2010
OpenIGTLink Home Page: OpenIGTLink

Agenda

Please note that this agenda is currently under construction and will be finalized by May 28th.

• 9-10am:
  • Summary of OpenIGTLink
  • Discussion on protocol version 2.
• 10a-12pm: Hands-on session. Specifics of this session will be decided after the May 27th tcon.
• 12-1pm: Break for lunch
• 1-2pm: Demos of working OpenIGTLink based systems
  • AIST demos (TBD)
• 2-3pm: OpenIGTLink Library, 3D Slicer and other tools

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Notes

Discussion on OpenIGTLink Protocol version 2

• Finalize version 2 protocol
  • Summary of version 2 protocol
  • New support for image-guided systems
    • 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"??
  • (Please put your agenda here)

Dissemination, collaboration etc.)

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)
• Use Slicer ML or dedicated ML?

Hands-on session (11am-12pm)

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

OpenIGTLink Library, 3D Slicer and other tools

• Features
• Message classes
• Example programs
• Timeline

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Demo Session

AIST demos

• (TBD)

Collaborators

• list of potential collaborator

Participants

• Junichi Tokuda
• Nobuhiko Hata
• Haiying Liu

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Teleconference on May 27 (Thu) 3pm-

• breakout session schedule to make sure everybody can attend all session they need
• put name in the participants list
• potential applications
• problems, issues regrading the current protocol
• feedback on new protocol