OpenIGTLink

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Integration of transperineal prostate robot (BRP -- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Johns Hopkins University/Queen's University/Acoustic Med Systems
Integration of transperineal prostate robot and navigation software (BRP -- Brigham and Women's Hospital/Johns Hopkins University/Queen's University/Acoustic Med Systems
Prototype integration of a neurosurgical robot and Slicer3 using OpenIGTLink, Hideo Fujimoto, Nagoya Inst Tech., Japan
Screenshot of tracker tool visualization on the 3D Slicer. Brigham and Women's Hopsital

Overview

The Open IGT Link protocol is a simple but extensible data format to transfer various types of data among software and devices used in image-guided therapy (IGT) scene e.g. surgical navigation software, tracking device, robotic device, imaging scanner. The protocol can handle image, tracking data, transform, device control and monitoring command, and other user-defined data types. It is designed to work in the application layer of the TCP/IP stack, but not limited to it; developers can use this protocol with UDP/IP or other network protocol models. 3D Slicer' supports Open IGT Link and has interface module as OpenIGTLinkIF, which is currently available in 3D Slicer ver. 3.4 and 3.5.

This is a generalization of the previous Tracker Daemon.

What's New

Protocol

Version 1

Version 2

(Discussions for version 2)

C++ Implementation (library)


Interfaces / Software

Devices

Please see the list of the OpenIGTLink-compliant hardware and software.


(Please contact us if you would like to include other devices.)

Tutorial / Workshops

People / Organizations

Supports

License

New BSD license ©2008 Insight Software Consortium

Related pages

Contact

Please contact Junichi Tokuda for further information.