Documentation/Nightly/Extensions/VolumeResliceDriver

Introduction and Acknowledgements

Author: Junichi Tokuda, Laurent Chauvin, Tamas Ungi, Nobuhiko Hata
Contact: Junichi Tokuda <email> tokuda@bwh.harvard.edu</email>
Website: https://github.com/openigtlink/VolumeResliceDriver
License: Slicer license |- |

NA-MIC   NCIGT   SPL

This work is supported by NA-MIC, NCIGT, and the Slicer Community. This work is partially supported by NIH 1R01CA111288-01A1 "Enabling Technologies for MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions" (PI: Clare Tempany), P01-CA67165 "Image Guided Therapy" (PI: Ferenc Joelsz) and AIST Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project (PI: Makoto Hashizume, Site-PI: Nobuhiko Hata).

Extension Description

VolumeRelisceDriver is a module to update volume resample (or reslice) plane by:

• Linear transform node imported from external 3D tracking tools through OpenIGTLink
• Position and orientation of 2D imaging plane imported from external imaging scanners such as ultrasound and MRI

The module is designed for image-guided therapy applications, where surgical tools are navigated by resliced volumetric image or real-time images.

Use Cases

• Transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided prostate interventions
• Neurosurgical navigation
• Navigation for RF/cryo ablation of abdominal organ.

File:VolumeReslicingSlicer.png Screenshot of VolumeResliceDriver

Tutorials

• Under preparation

Similar Extensions

• OpenIGTLinkIF: VolumeResliceDriver is designed to be used with OpenIGTLinkIF, which allows importing real-time tool tracking data from external tracking devices e.g. optical tracking system, EM tracking system or real-time image stream from external imaging scanners over the network.

References

• NA-MIC Summer Project Week 2012 page