TY - JOUR
T1 - OpenIGTLink
T2 - An open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment
AU - Tokuda, Junichi
AU - Fischer, Gregory S.
AU - Papademetris, Xenophon
AU - Yaniv, Ziv
AU - Ibanez, Luis
AU - Cheng, Patrick
AU - Liu, Haiying
AU - Blevins, Jack
AU - Arata, Jumpei
AU - Golby, Alexandra J.
AU - Kapur, Tina
AU - Pieper, Steve
AU - Burdette, Everette C.
AU - Fichtinger, Gabor
AU - Tempany, Clare M.
AU - Hata, Nobuhiko
PY - 2009/12
Y1 - 2009/12
N2 - 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
AB - 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
KW - Image-guided therapy
KW - Network communication protocol
KW - Surgical navigation
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U2 - 10.1002/rcs.274
DO - 10.1002/rcs.274
M3 - Article
C2 - 19621334
AN - SCOPUS:73449089045
SN - 1478-5951
VL - 5
SP - 423
EP - 434
JO - International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
JF - International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery
IS - 4
ER -