TY  - JOUR
U1  - Zeitschriftenartikel, wissenschaftlich - begutachtet (reviewed)
A1  - Klemm, Martin
A1  - Kirchner, Thomas
A1  - Gröhl, Janek
A1  - Cheray, Dominique
A1  - Nolden, Marco
A1  - Seitel, Alexander
A1  - Hoppe, Harald
A1  - Maier-Hein, Lena
A1  - Franz, Alfred M.
T1  - MITK-OpenIGTLink for combining open-source toolkits in real-time computer-assisted interventions
JF  - Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg.
N2  - PURPOSE:

Due to rapid developments in the research areas of medical imaging, medical image processing and robotics, computer-assisted interventions (CAI) are becoming an integral part of modern patient care. From a software engineering point of view, these systems are highly complex and research can benefit greatly from reusing software components. This is supported by a number of open-source toolkits for medical imaging and CAI such as the medical imaging interaction toolkit (MITK), the public software library for ultrasound imaging research (PLUS) and 3D Slicer. An independent inter-toolkit communication such as the open image-guided therapy link (OpenIGTLink) can be used to combine the advantages of these toolkits and enable an easier realization of a clinical CAI workflow.
METHODS:

MITK-OpenIGTLink is presented as a network interface within MITK that allows easy to use, asynchronous two-way messaging between MITK and clinical devices or other toolkits. Performance and interoperability tests with MITK-OpenIGTLink were carried out considering the whole CAI workflow from data acquisition over processing to visualization.
RESULTS:

We present how MITK-OpenIGTLink can be applied in different usage scenarios. In performance tests, tracking data were transmitted with a frame rate of up to 1000 Hz and a latency of 2.81 ms. Transmission of images with typical ultrasound (US) and greyscale high-definition (HD) resolutions of [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] is possible at up to 512 and 128 Hz, respectively.
CONCLUSION:

With the integration of OpenIGTLink into MITK, this protocol is now supported by all established open-source toolkits in the field. This eases interoperability between MITK and toolkits such as PLUS or 3D Slicer and facilitates cross-toolkit research collaborations. MITK and its submodule MITK-OpenIGTLink are provided open source under a BSD-style licence ( http://mitk.org )
KW  - Open Source
KW  - Tk
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1488-y
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s11548-016-1488-y
VL  - 12
IS  - 3
SP  - 351
EP  - 361
ER  -