OpenIGTLink: An open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment

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

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Abstract

Background: 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

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)423-434
Number of pages12
JournalInternational Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
Volume5
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Image-guided therapy
  • Network communication protocol
  • Surgical navigation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Biophysics
  • Surgery

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