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OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment
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Junichi Tokuda, Gregory S Fischer, Xenophon Papademetris, Ziv Yaniv, Luis Ibanez, Patrick Cheng, Haiying Liu, Jack Blevins, Jumpei Arata, Alexandra Golby, Tina Kapur, Steve Pieper, Everette C Burdette, Gabor Fichtinger, Clare M Tempany, Nobuhiko Hata
Institution: |
Department of Radiology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA. |
Publisher: |
Int J Med Robot |
Publication Date: |
Jul-2009 |
Citation: |
Int J Med Robot. 2009 Jul 20. |
PubMed ID: |
19621334 |
Keywords: |
image-guided therapy, surgical navigation, network communication protocol |
Appears in Collections: |
NCIGT, NA-MIC, NAC, SNR |
Sponsors: |
NIH R01 CA111288 NIH U41 RR019703 NIH P01 CA067165 NIH R01 CA124377 NIH P41 RR13218 NIH U54 EB005149 NIH 5R01 CA109246 NIH R01 EB006494 NIH R21 EB007770 NSF 9731748 CIMIT Intelligent Surgical Instruments Project of METI (Japan). |
Generated Citation: |
Tokuda J, Fischer G, Papademetris X, Yaniv Z, Ibanez L, Cheng P, Liu H, Blevins J, Arata J, Golby A, Kapur T, Pieper S, Burdette E, Fichtinger G, Tempany C, Hata N. OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment. Int J Med Robot. 2009 Jul 20. PMID: 19621334. |
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With increasing research on system integration for image-guided therapy (IGT), there has been a strong demand for standardized communication among devices and software to share data such as target positions, images and device status. METHOD: We propose a new, open, simple and extensible network communication protocol for IGT, named OpenIGTLink, to transfer transform, image and status messages. We conducted performance tests and use-case evaluations in five clinical and engineering scenarios. RESULTS: The protocol was able to transfer position data with submillisecond latency up to 1024 fps and images with latency of <10 ms at 32 fps. The use-case tests demonstrated that the protocol is feasible for integrating devices and software. CONCLUSION: The protocol proved capable of handling data required in the IGT setting with sufficient time resolution and latency. The protocol not only improves the interoperability of devices and software but also promotes transitions of research prototypes to clinical applications.
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