2011 Summer Project Week Live Tracked Ultrasound

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  Projects List

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  Screenshot from the LiveUltrasound 3D view within Slicer3

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  Screenshot from the LiveUltrasound module in Slicer4 - Linear probe

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  Screenshot from the LiveUltrasound module in Slicer4 - Endocavity probe

Key Investigators

• Queen's: Tamas Heffter and Tamas Ungi

Objective

Integrate the existing Slicer3 Live Ultrasound module into Slicer4 in order to display tracked live ultrasound images arrived through OpenIGTLink protocol.

Approach, Plan

• Create Qt module for LiveUltrasound
• Measure maximum frame rate we could reach (with and without volume rendering)
• Compare the performance using image actor in 3D view or slice view

Progress

• OpenIGTLinkIF module logic integrated into Slicer4 (as a patch)
• New Qt GUI made for LiveUltrasound module
• New logic and displayable manager created for the module
• OpenIGTLink connection and image message sending added to LiveUltrasound module

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  Screenshot from the LiveUltrasound module in Slicer4 - Linear probe

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  Screenshot from the LiveUltrasound module in Slicer4 - Endocavity probe

Source code available at NA-MIC Sandbox

Delivery Mechanism

This work delivered to the NA-MIC Kit as loadable extension