[IGSTK-Users] Reg Tracking component

[somi]

Thanks for the reply Patrick, Andinet, ziv,

Ziv,
We have an application with custom features,display and tracking code
(currently supports Polaris only) . We want to separate the tracking code
from this application,
so that user may be able develop and use their own trackers and are not
restricted to Polaris.  We can implement custom tracking classes for various
trackers,
 but tracking is not our core competence and  we would like a toolkit which
is widely used, robustly tested, supports major trackers and well
documented, so that its easy for users to debug.

So I decided on using IGSTK. However if I use IGSTK I would have to provide
ITK/VTK/IGSTK libraries with my application, even though I am using only
few ITK/VTK objects ( igstk::Transform for itk , any VTK object ? ) I could
implement my own Transform structure as you suggested. However to use your
MT-library, there may be some issues:

a) Copyright ?? ( our software would be sold commercially in future )
b) How much support is available for it ??
c) Has it been rigorously tested or still in development ??


I also came across OpenIGTlink @
http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/OpenIGTLink
I am not very clear about relation between IGSTK and OpenIGTLink ? does
IGSTK use OpenIGTLink protocol ?
or OpenIGTLink and IGSTK are completely different ?

Regards,
Somi

On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Patrick Cheng <cheng at isis.georgetown.edu>wrote:

> Hi Somi,
>
> IGSTK is build on top of ITK/VTK. It is not possible to isolate the
> tracking component as the way you described.
>
> To decouple your own application with IGSTK, you can try use the
> OpenIGTLink library.
> http://public.kitware.com/IGSTKWIKI/index.php/Using_OpenIGTLink_in_IGSTK
>
> You can start with the example application in IGSTK:
> OpenIGTLinkTrackerBroadcasting
>
> Patrick
>
>
> On 10/26/2010 10:42 AM, somi wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> Do the Tracking component of IGSTK depend on ITK/VTK ?
>>
>> If not is it possible to build IGSTK only for tracking with no
>> dependencies
>> on ITK/VTK toolkits ?
>>
>> I am trying to integrate the tracking component of IGSTK in my
>> application,
>> I have my own Display/ Image processing etc code.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Somi
>>
>>
>>
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