[IGSTK-Developers] request to join IGSTK mailing list

[Kevin Cleary]

Hello:

 

We received your request to join the mailing list.

 

At the moment, this project is still in its early stages so we are not ready
to accept external developers. 

 

We hope to have a version ready for release at the end of this year.

 

Thank you for your inquiry.

 

I have attached the abstract of the project below for your information. It
is funded by a U.S. Government agency, the National Institutes of Health.

 

Kevin Cleary

  

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Kevin Cleary, Ph.D.                        Work phone: 202-687-8253
Associate Professor                        Work fax: 202-784-3479
Deputy Director  
                            
Imaging Science and Information Systems (ISIS) Center
Department of Radiology                    Pager: 202-901-2033
Georgetown University Medical Center       Cell phone: 202-294-3409
2115 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 603           Home phone: 301-299-0788
Washington, DC, 20007                      Home fax: 301-299-0789

 

ISIS center:  <http://www.isis.georgetown.edu/> www.isis.georgetown.edu
Research group:  <http://www.caimr.georgetown.edu/> www.caimr.georgetown.edu
WashCAS:  <http://www.washcas.org/> www.washcas.org
Email:  <mailto:cleary at georgetown.edu> cleary at georgetown.edu
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The goal of this Phase II STTR proposal is to develop a freely available,
open-source software toolkit for image-guided surgery. This proposal is a
partnership between a university-based biomedical research group (Imaging
Science and Information Systems [ISIS] Center, Department of Radiology,
Georgetown University) and a small business specializing in open-source
software development (Kitware, Inc. of Clifton Park, NY).  The partnership
of Phase I will be extended to include the Computer-Aided Diagnosis and
Display Laboratory (CADDLab, Department of Radiology, University of North
Carolina) to increase the number and variety of methods in the toolkit and
to evaluate the usability and extensibility of the toolkit by groups beyond
the Phase I development team. 

The Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK: pronounced IGstick) is a high-level
component based framework providing common functionality for image-guided
surgery applications. This software framework will be configurable and based
on open-source standards. The framework will consist of a set of high-level
components (2D and 3D viewers, tracker interfaces, registration modules,
etc.) integrated with other lower level open-source libraries and
application programming interfaces (APIs) from hardware vendors. The toolkit
will allow researchers to quickly build prototype systems for image-guided
surgery for specific applications such as minimally invasive cancer
treatments, vascular interventions, and percutaneous spinal procedures.

The specific aims of the proposal are:

1.       Toolkit design. A demonstration framework has been completed in
Phase I. Based on the additional applications proposed here in Phase II,
this framework will be enhanced by re-examining the requirements and
additional components will be designed to provide new functionality. 

2.       Toolkit implementation and testing. The additional components
defined in Aim 1 will be implemented and documented. A testing framework
will also be developed. A hazard analysis will be performed.

3.       Toolkit incorporation and dissemination. The toolkit will be
incorporated in three demonstration clinical applications involving image
guidance: guidewire tracking and display, needle segmentation and tracking,
and liver biopsy. Dissemination activities will be undertaken with the aim
of fostering the use of the toolkit in research and clinical applications. 

(end of abstract)

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