[Ctk-developers] Fwd: IGT software collaboration intro meeting

Sat Nov 28 15:37:56 UTC 2015

We could also add a VRPN interface to Plus, which would allow clients to
> access all VRPN-supported devices through OpenIGTLink protocol.
>

That would be awesome!

>
> Andras
> ------------------------------
> From: Andras Lasso <lasso at queensu.ca>
> Sent: ‎2015-‎11-‎28 09:04
> To: Andinet Enquobahrie <andinet.enqu at kitware.com>; Steve Pieper
> <pieper at isomics.com>
> Cc: ctk-developers at commontk.org
> Subject: RE: [Ctk-developers] Fwd: IGT software collaboration intro
> meeting
>
> OpenIGTLink is becoming widely used in robotics projects, with
> participation of various robotics companies and research groups, so support
> of device positioning and force feedback is already good and will further
> improve in OpenIGTLink. Junichi/BWH recently received NIH funding to work
> on this.
>
> The CISST library already can be used as an OpenIGTLink-PhantomOmni
> bridge, but support for the device could be certainly added to Plus, too.
> If you have a device and a developer that could add a new Device class to
> Plus, we would be happy to help.
>
> Andras
> ------------------------------
> From: Andinet Enquobahrie <andinet.enqu at kitware.com>
> Sent: ‎2015-‎11-‎28 07:52
> To: Steve Pieper <pieper at isomics.com>; Andras Lasso <lasso at queensu.ca>
> Cc: ctk-developers at commontk.org
> Subject: Re: [Ctk-developers] Fwd: IGT software collaboration intro
> meeting
>
> Steve,
>
> Thanks for the heads up! It looks like a very interesting project. It is
> great to see our old friends from SINTEF joining in the effort. We will try
> to join in the Google hangout on December 7.
>
> Andras,
>
> For our tracking needs, we obviously use PLUS a lot and we will continue
> to do that in our IGT projects.
>
> For our surgical simulation projects, we use force feedback haptics
> devices such as Phantom Omni and we have been looking into  VRPN
>
> https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/wiki
>
> VRPN supports a large collection of haptic devices
>
> https://github.com/vrpn/vrpn/wiki/Supported%20hardware%20devices
>
> But, looking at the large list of devices PLUS continues to support
>
> https://www.assembla.com/spaces/plus/wiki
>
> I was wondering if force feedback haptics devices support is also in the
> roadmap.
>
> thanks,
> Andinet
>
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:37 AM, Steve Pieper <pieper at isomics.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi CTKers -
>>
>> Just FYI about discussions we are having leading up to project week in
>> January.  Anyone who's interested is welcome to join.
>>
>> -Steve
>>
>>
>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>> From: Andras Lasso <lasso at queensu.ca>
>> Date: Mon, Nov 23, 2015 at 9:23 PM
>> Subject: RE: IGT software collaboration intro meeting
>> To: Christian Askeland <Christian.Askeland at sintef.no>, Simon Drouin <
>> drouin.simon at gmail.com>, Junichi Tokuda <tokuda at bwh.harvard.edu>, Steve
>> Pieper <pieper at isomics.com>, Tamas Ungi <ungi at queensu.ca>, Adam Rankin <
>> arankin at robarts.ca>
>> Cc: "Kapur, Tina,Ph.D." <TKAPUR at bwh.harvard.edu>, "Norton, Isaiah" <
>> inorton at bwh.harvard.edu>, Alireza Mehrtash <alireza.mehrtash at gmail.com>,
>> Prashin Unadkat <unadkatprashin at gmail.com>, "tormod.selbekk at sintef.no" <
>> tormod.selbekk at sintef.no>, Janne Beate Lervik Bakeng <
>> Janne.Beate.Lervik.Bakeng at sintef.no>, Ingerid Reinertsen <
>> Ingerid.Reinertsen at sintef.no>, Thomas Langø <Thomas.Lango at sintef.no>,
>> Frank Lindseth <Frank.Lindseth at sintef.no>, "D. Louis Collins" <
>> louis.collins at mcgill.ca>, Gabor Fichtinger <fichting at queensu.ca>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the very productive meeting today. I’ve uploaded the meeting
>> minutes to the NAMIC week’s project page (thanks to Christian for the
>> inputs):
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/2016_Winter_Project_Week:TrackedUltrasoundStandardization
>>
>>
>>
>> We plan to have one or two more similar meetings before the project week
>> to continue the discussion.
>>
>>
>>
>> For all those who plan to attend the project week: please request an
>> account at the NAMIC wiki (
>> http://www.na-mic.org/Wiki/index.php/Special:RequestAccount). It’ll
>> allow you to register to the event, edit the project page, etc.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andras
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Andras Lasso
>> *Sent:* November 19, 2015 6:06 PM
>> *To:* Christian Askeland <Christian.Askeland at sintef.no>; Simon Drouin <
>> drouin.simon at gmail.com>; 'Junichi Tokuda' <tokuda at bwh.harvard.edu>;
>> Steve Pieper <pieper at isomics.com>; Thomas Langø <Thomas.Lango at sintef.no>;
>> Frank Lindseth <Frank.Lindseth at sintef.no>; D. Louis Collins <
>> louis.collins at mcgill.ca>; Tamas Ungi <ungi at queensu.ca>; Gabor Fichtinger
>> <fichting at queensu.ca>
>> *Subject:* IGT software collaboration intro meeting
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks for the doodle poll responses. Based on those, *November 23,
>> Monday, 9am EST* (probably 3pm Norway time) is the most suitable.
>>
>>
>>
>> You should be able to join the meeting through the google hangout link on
>> this page:
>>
>>
>> https://plus.google.com/events/ceo6eum5ja3rhjgjed29eiu67b8?authkey=COHXmfavj620Fg
>>
>>
>>
>> This will be an informal meeting to get to know each other and define
>> priorities for the next couple of months, in preparation for the project
>> week in January.
>>
>>
>>
>> Andras
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Andras Lasso
>> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 17, 2015 5:04 PM
>> *To:* Christian Askeland <Christian.Askeland at sintef.no>; Simon Drouin <
>> drouin.simon at gmail.com>
>> *Cc:* Thomas Langø <Thomas.Lango at sintef.no>; Frank Lindseth <
>> Frank.Lindseth at sintef.no>; Gabor Fichtinger <fichting at queensu.ca>; Ron
>> Kikinis (kikinis at bwh.harvard.edu) <kikinis at bwh.harvard.edu>; Karilee
>> Whiteway <karilee.whiteway at queensu.ca>; D. Louis Collins <
>> louis.collins at mcgill.ca>
>> *Subject:* RE: EU Twinning Programme /Objectives
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Christian, thanks for the great summary of topics, these would all serve
>> as good basis of collaboration and convergence in IGT software.
>>
>>
>>
>> We’ve recently had a discussion at Montreal Neurological Institute (Louis
>> D Collins’ group: Simon Drouin, Ian Gerard, Marta Kersten, et al.), they
>> are also very interested in integrating/migrating their software to
>> 3DSlicer-SlicerIGT-Plus, share algorithms, etc, and they, too, will come to
>> the project week to Boston in January.
>>
>>
>>
>> I would suggest to have a teleconference to introduce ourselves to each
>> other and discuss what topics we should focus on first. Christian, Simon
>> (and everyone else interested in this Project week planning meeting),
>> please mark your availability in this doodle poll:
>>
>> http://doodle.com/poll/9u5vqbtr4qk6famg
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Andras
>>
>>
>>
>> *From:* Christian Askeland [mailto:Christian.Askeland at sintef.no
>> <Christian.Askeland at sintef.no>]
>> *Sent:* November 17, 2015 1:05 PM
>> *To:* Andras Lasso <lasso at queensu.ca>
>> *Cc:* Thomas Langø <Thomas.Lango at sintef.no>; Frank Lindseth <
>> Frank.Lindseth at sintef.no>; Gabor Fichtinger <fichting at queensu.ca>; Ron
>> Kikinis (kikinis at bwh.harvard.edu) <kikinis at bwh.harvard.edu>; Karilee
>> Whiteway <karilee.whiteway at queensu.ca>
>> *Subject:* Re: EU Twinning Programme /Objectives
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi Andras, Gabor, all,
>>
>>
>>
>> Your suggesion regarding EU Twinning Programme came at the perfect time
>> for me - I was just about to send you, Andras, an email regarding the
>> Winter Project Week in January. We have discussed a bit in an email thread
>> originating in the OpenIGTLink list some weeks ago, I’ll continue from
>> there.
>>
>>
>>
>> Our group will be present in Boston with 1-2 software people, so it would
>> be great to start the work there, and then continue in Heidelberg and
>> beyond. We would like to work in integration of CustusX+PLUS, and on IGT
>> standardization in general. I hope both of these topics are of interest to
>> you. In Boston we will focus the work on CustusX+PLUS, but we can also
>> discuss standardization (also including the Slicer people and others) and
>> then focus more on this in Heidelberg, as I imagine this topic will need
>> time to mature.
>>
>>
>>
>> Below is a quick first draft of my thoughts. Andras, please iterate
>> and/or suggest topics.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Proposal for cooperation projects  PerkLab/PLUS group, SINTEF/CustusX
>> group, (+ others).*
>>
>>
>> *Enhance connection of CustusX client to PLUS server:*
>> Background: CustusX has used PLUS to connect to an Ultrasonix scanner
>> with an attached tracking device from Ascension (Sonix GPS), as part of the
>> EU RASimAs project. CustusX also has tracking support from the IGSTK
>> toolkit, and own direct support for a number of video/US devices. We would
>> like to add PLUS to this family, poosibly replacing some of our older
>> components.
>>
>> Topics:
>>
>> • Tracking of BrainLab devices.
>>
>> • Connection to BK medical scanners.
>>
>> • Enhance transfer of US probe metadata. Might include extending the
>> OpenIGTLink standard.
>>
>> • Use of PLUS US reconstruction algorithms in CustusX as an alternative
>> to CX internal algorithms, and enable comparison of algorithms.
>>
>>
>>
>> *Standardization of IGT software.*
>> Background:
>>
>> • Emails, major players converge towards IGTLink. Several groups are
>> using PLUS and/or Slicer, but also open-sourcing their own software and
>> want to be compatible with each other.
>>
>> • Data should be usable by several systems in order to ease comparison in
>> e.g. studies.
>>
>> • Our group need to communicate models and volumes with Slicer, and would
>> like to use PLUS.
>>
>>
>> There are several areas where standardization would be beneficial:
>>
>> • messaging between applications.
>>
>> • file formats.
>>
>> • algorithms/shared libraries.
>>
>> It is important to build as much as possible on existing material and de
>> facto standards.
>>
>> Topics:
>>
>> • Messaging: OpenIGTLink is the de facto standard for messaging. Is the
>> standard complete? What do we need? US-probe data, polydata colors, volume
>> transfer functions /LUTs.
>>
>> • File Formats:  Models, Volumes, Video streams, US metadata, scenegraph.
>> Some of these objects are already somewhat standardized, but not all.
>>
>> • Algorithms: A library of IGT algorithms would be welcome. It might be
>> included into an existing library (VTK, CTK, …) or emerge as a new one.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Best Regards
>>
>> -----------------------------------------------------
>> Christian Askeland
>> Senior Software Engineer / Research Scientist, MSc.
>>
>> christian.askeland at sintef.no
>> Phone: (+47) 41926862
>>
>>
>>
>> SINTEF Medical Technology
>>
>> Location: Olav Kyrres gt. 9
>> http://www.sintef.no
>> http://www.usigt.org
>>
>>
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>
>
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> Assistant Director of Medical Computing
> Kitware, Inc.
>
> http://www.kitware.com
> (919) 969-6990 x311
>

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