IGT:ToolKit

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The wiki pages here present the tool kit we are using or developing at Brigham and Women's Hospital for the purpose of image guided therapy (IGT). The IGT kit is a set of open source software tools with supported hardware devices. We encourage you download and use the free tools if you find them useful to you and welcome any comments or feedback from your experience


The Image Guided Therapy Toolkit

  • 3D Slicer
    • Slicer3 (www.slicer.org) is our main platform for software development and dissemination
    • Click here for the Slicer3 installation page
  • Core open source software and protocol
    • The Slicer IGT page provides guidelines for developers and clinicians and information about current projects and upcoming events
    • OpenIGTLink is a communication protocol that allows Slicer3 to communicate with imaging devices, trackers and medical robots
  • Sample Data
    • Sample data is available here

Example projects

Volume rendering with real-time imaging

Volume rendering with CUDA

VTK-MIST integration for fast volume rendering

GPU accelerated medical image processing for IGT

4D US using OpenIGTLink

3D ultrasound module in Slicer3 using OpenIGTLink

Tutorials

See the Slicer3 Training page for additional tutorials on Slicer3 capabilities.

Level Tutorial Hardware Requirements Image
1 Basic Navigation Tutorial

Illustrates Slicer3's tracking capabilities using a tracking emulator in place of an actual tracking device

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1 Neurosurgical Planning in Slicer3

Demonstrate's Slicer3's IGT capabilities by using image registration, model making and DTI to create a preoperative plan for neurosurgery

None Neurosurgical Planning Overview
2 Advanced Navigation Tutorial with a tracking device

Illustrates Slicer3's tracking capabilities with a tracking device

Tracking device e.g. NDI Aurora Image Needed

Contact Information

If you have any comments or requests, please contact Dr. Nobuhiko Hata at: hata {at-mark} bwh.harvard.edu.

Dr. Hata leads the development of Slicer IGT at the National Center for Image Guided Therapy. The website of his Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory can be found here.