BACKGROUND: OpenIGTLink is a new, open, simple and extensible network communication protocol for image-guided therapy (IGT). The protocol provides a standardized mechanism to connect hardware and software by the transfer of coordinate transforms, images, and status messages. MeVisLab is a framework for the development of image processing algorithms and visualization and interaction methods, with a focus on medical imaging. METHODS: The paper describes the integration of the OpenIGTLink network protocol for IGT with the medical prototyping platform MeVisLab. The integration of OpenIGTLink into MeVisLab has been realized by developing a software module using the C++ programming language. RESULTS: The integration was evaluated with tracker clients that are available online. Furthermore, the integration was used to connect MeVisLab to Slicer and a NDI tracking system over the network. The latency time during navigation with a real instrument was measured to show that the integration can be used clinically. CONCLUSIONS: Researchers using MeVisLab can interface their software to hardware devices that already support the OpenIGTLink protocol, such as the NDI Aurora magnetic tracking system. In addition, the OpenIGTLink module can also be used to communicate directly with Slicer, a free, open source software package for visualization and image analysis.
BACKGROUND: OpenIGTLink is a new, open, simple and extensible network communication protocol for image-guided therapy (IGT). The protocol provides a standardized mechanism to connect hardware and software by the transfer of coordinate transforms, images, and status messages. MeVisLab is a framework for the development of image processing algorithms and visualization and interaction methods, with a focus on medical imaging. METHODS: The paper describes the integration of the OpenIGTLink network protocol for IGT with the medical prototyping platform MeVisLab. The integration of OpenIGTLink into MeVisLab has been realized by developing a software module using the C++ programming language. RESULTS: The integration was evaluated with tracker clients that are available online. Furthermore, the integration was used to connect MeVisLab to Slicer and a NDI tracking system over the network. The latency time during navigation with a real instrument was measured to show that the integration can be used clinically. CONCLUSIONS: Researchers using MeVisLab can interface their software to hardware devices that already support the OpenIGTLink protocol, such as the NDI Aurora magnetic tracking system. In addition, the OpenIGTLink module can also be used to communicate directly with Slicer, a free, open source software package for visualization and image analysis.
Authors: Helen Xu; Andras Lasso; Siddharth Vikal; Peter Guion; Axel Krieger; Aradhana Kaushal; Louis L Whitcomb; Gabor Fichtinger Journal: Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv Date: 2010
Authors: M Lanotte; M Cavallo; A Franzini; M Grifi; E Marchese; M Pantaleoni; M Piacentino; D Servello Journal: J Neurosurg Sci Date: 2010-09 Impact factor: 2.279
Authors: Jun Deng; Zhe Chen; James B Yu; Kenneth B Roberts; Richard E Peschel; Ravinder Nath Journal: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Date: 2011-04-12 Impact factor: 7.038
Authors: Claire Vautravers-Dewas; Sylvain Dewas; François Bonodeau; Antoine Adenis; Thomas Lacornerie; Nicolas Penel; Eric Lartigau; Xavier Mirabel Journal: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys Date: 2011-03-04 Impact factor: 7.038
Authors: Junichi Tokuda; Gregory S Fischer; Xenophon Papademetris; Ziv Yaniv; Luis Ibanez; Patrick Cheng; Haiying Liu; Jack Blevins; Jumpei Arata; Alexandra J Golby; Tina Kapur; Steve Pieper; Everette C Burdette; Gabor Fichtinger; Clare M Tempany; Nobuhiko Hata Journal: Int J Med Robot Date: 2009-12 Impact factor: 2.547
Authors: Simon Dimaio; Tina Kapur; Kevin Cleary; Stephen Aylward; Peter Kazanzides; Kirby Vosburgh; Randy Ellis; James Duncan; Keyvan Farahani; Heinz Lemke; Terry Peters; William Bill Lorensen; David Gobbi; John Haller; Laurence Larry Clarke; Stephen Pizer; Russell Taylor; Robert Galloway; Gabor Fichtinger; Nobuhiko Hata; Kimberly Lawson; Clare Tempany; Ron Kikinis; Ferenc Jolesz Journal: Neuroimage Date: 2007-04-24 Impact factor: 6.556
Authors: Martin Klemm; Thomas Kirchner; Janek Gröhl; Dominique Cheray; Marco Nolden; Alexander Seitel; Harald Hoppe; Lena Maier-Hein; Alfred M Franz Journal: Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg Date: 2016-09-29 Impact factor: 2.924
Authors: Antonio Pepe; Gianpaolo Francesco Trotta; Peter Mohr-Ziak; Christina Gsaxner; Jürgen Wallner; Vitoantonio Bevilacqua; Jan Egger Journal: J Digit Imaging Date: 2019-12 Impact factor: 4.056
Authors: Alexander Hann; Lucas Bettac; Mark M Haenle; Tilmann Graeter; Andreas W Berger; Jens Dreyhaupt; Dieter Schmalstieg; Wolfram G Zoller; Jan Egger Journal: Sci Rep Date: 2017-10-06 Impact factor: 4.379