OpenIGTLink: An open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment

International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 423-434

  Tokuda, Junichi ^a   Fischer, Gregory S ^b   Papademetris, Xenophon ^c   Yaniv, Ziv ^d   Ibanez, Luis ^e   Cheng, Patrick ^d   Liu, Haiying ^a   Blevins, Jack ^f   Arata, Jumpei ^g   Golby, Alexandra J ^a   Kapur, Tina ^a   Pieper, Steve ^h   Burdette, Everette C ^f   Fichtinger, Gabor ⁱ   Tempany, Clare M ^a   Hata, Nobuhiko ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e KITWARE INC   (United States)

^f ACOUSTIC MEDSYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^g NAGOYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^h Isomics Inc   (United States)

ⁱ QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Image guided therapy; Network communication protocol; Surgical navigation

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL RESEARCH; DATA HANDLING; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; SOFTWARE PROTOTYPING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOLS; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; NETWORK COMMUNICATION PROTOCOL; NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS; OPEN NETWORK; STANDARDIZED COMMUNICATION; STRONG DEMAND; SURGICAL NAVIGATION; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; TARGET POSITION;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMMUNICATION SOFTWARE; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED THERAPY; COMPUTER NETWORK; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; IMAGE GUIDED THERAPY; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEURONAVIGATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM; PROSTATE; ROBOTICS; SYSTEM ANALYSIS;

EID: 73449089045     PISSN: 14785951     EISSN: 1478596X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rcs.274     Document Type: Article

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