2016 Summer Project Week/Tracked Ultrasound Standardization

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Key Investigators

  • Andras Lasso (Queen's University, Canada)
  • Christian Askeland (SINTEF, Norway)
  • Simon Drouin (Montreal Neurological Institute, Canada)
  • Junichi Tokuda (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA)
  • Longquan Chen (Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, USA)
  • Adam Rankin (Robarts Research Institute, Canada)
  • Thomas Kirchner (German Cancer Research Center, Germany)

Background

Project Description

Objective

  • Create a common library with a convenient API that every application that wants to use OpenIGTLink can easily integrate
    • Ensure software interoperability
    • Share software maintenance workload
    • Make it easy to share new features

Approach, Plan

  • Formalize and complete OpenIGTLink v3 specification: mostly completed during NAMIC Winter Project Week 2016
  • Implement OpenIGTLink v3 specification in OpenIGTLink: commands and custom attributes
  • Implement OpenIGTLinkIO library for convenient connection setup, command handling, conversion to/from VTK data objects, legacy OpenIGTLink (v1 and v2) support
  • Implement tests and examples

Progress