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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Tony<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>I am the principal investigator for the IGSTK project which is
funded by NIH, so I am probably least qualified to answer your questions, but
let me start the discussion:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='mso-list:Ignore'>1)<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>We talked about
your email about our lab meeting at Georgetown this morning<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>If you have
experienced VTK/ITK developers your schedule may be realistic<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><span
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>We have built some
of the functionality you mention but it was not all put in our release <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;
mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>a.<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span
style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>However I will send
you separately a paper we wrote for SPIE Meidcal Imaging 2009 that shows some
of this – I cannot attach it here or it will bounce I think<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>As for 3D
ultrasound I am not sure who the best vendor is – we use a 2D unit from
Terason<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>For more details it
would be better to talk by phone <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraph style='text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span
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style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;color:#1F497D'>Can you also tell
us what lab you are with and what your infrastructure is if you can share those
details?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Feel free to call me directly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Kevin Cleary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>Georgetown University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:Consolas;
color:#1F497D'>202 687 8253<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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igstk-users-bounces@public.kitware.com
[mailto:igstk-users-bounces@public.kitware.com] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tony Turner<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, June 14, 2009 2:20 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> igstk-users@public.kitware.com<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [IGSTK-Users] real-time intra-operative 3D ultrasound research
project<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Greetings;<br>
<br>
I am looking for a bit of guidance regarding 3D ultrasound support within
IGSTK/VTK/VTKEdge/ITK's open source software.<br>
<br>
Summary:<br>
Our lab requires 3D ultrasound for an IGSTK based research project we're
working on. I have a budget for purchasing the US equipment, and developer time
alloted to the US specific tasks.<br>
<br>
My questions are these:<br>
1) Can anyone point me in the direction of someone who already produces the US
equipment as described below?<br>
<br>
2) Does IGSTK/VTK/ITK/VTKEdge already contain the base US functionality to
allow me to build a demo of : ( in ~ 2 man months additional dev effort ):<br>
a) a real-time 3D dataset from the US hardware
from item #1 ? ( assume US hardware calibration is a separate project )<br>
b) 2D orthogonal slices from the 3D dataset from
item #2a ? ( simple real-time display, no registering with CT/MR, etc. )<br>
c) simple 4-up display, 3 orthogonal 2D slices,
& one 3D image, all real-time ( I'm assuming we'd use VTKEdge, and CUDA
here..)<br>
<br>
3) For the parts of item #2 above that are 'yes', can you point me in the
direction of others who are already active in these areas, so I might
collaborate with them, as the project evolves?<br>
<br>
Details:<br>
The sofware/hardware platform for the project is:<br>
IGSTK / VTK / VTKEdge / ITK / 3DSlicer, open source<br>
Desktop CPU<br>
AMD Athlon X2 4200 Dual core<br>
Ubuntu 9.04 ( latest greatest )<br>
NVIDIA 9500 GT GPU ( CUDA compliant ). <o:p></o:p></p>
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