[IGSTK-Developers] Re: IGST - preliminary release?

[Luis Ibanez]

Dear Peter,

Thanks for your interest in the Image Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK).

Needle biopsy is actually one of the target applications that we
will use for evaluating the use of the IGSTK toolkit.

The software practices that we follow for developing IGSTK involve
a continuous release of the source code. This means that the source
code is always available for anybody to try and evaluate.  This of
course doesn't imply that the software is stable at all times.

You are welcome to download the current IGSTK and build it using
the instructions from the Web page:

http://public.kitware.com/IGSTKWIKI/index.php/How_to_build_IGSTK

The source code can be downloaded from the CVS repository by
following the instructions at:

http://public.kitware.com/IGSTKWIKI/index.php/Common_CVS_commands


We are currently focused on supporting the Polaris and Aurora
trackers from NDI, but we have talked about supporting a larger
set of trackers, Polhemus among them.



Note that when you download code from CVS, this code is subject
to rapid changes, since we are in the development stages of the
toolkit.  You should check first the state of the Nightly Dashboard
that tracks the state of the toolkit every day:


      http://public.kitware.com/dashboard.php?name=igstk

For more information on the IGSTK project you may want to
look at the Wiki pages:


http://public.kitware.com/IGSTKWIKI/index.php/Main_Page



You are more that welcome to send us feedback on your
impressions on the toolkit.


   Please let us know if you have any questions,



      Thanks


        Luis




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Boettcher, Dr. Peter wrote:

> Dear Luis,
> 
>  
> 
> as a small animal surgeon I use VTK and ITK for several years, focusing 
> on bone density distribution within joints as well as mutual image 
> registration. As we got an old tracking system (Polhemus InsideTRAK) I 
> would like to use it for 3D navigated surgery. Primary goal would be the 
> tracking of a brain biopsy needle. In the future I intend using the 
> technique for 3D navigated total hip implantation in dogs as well as 3D 
> navigated cranial cruciate ligament repair. I already started 
> programming such a tool from the scratch, when I found information about 
> the IGSTK on the net. Is there any chance to get the preliminary source 
> code I could build my application on?
> 
>  
> 
> Regards, Peter.
>  
>  
> ------------------------------------
> P. Böttcher, Dr med vet, DipECVS
> European Veterinary Specialist in Surgery
> Klinik für Kleintiere
> Universität Leipzig
> An den Tierkliniken 23
> D-04103 Leipzig (Germany)
> Tel: +49-341-9738700
> Fax: +49-341-9738799
> email: boettcher at kleintierklinik.uni-leipzig.de 
> <mailto:boettcher at kleintierklinik.uni-leipzig.de>