The NifTK software platform for image-guided interventions: platform overview and NiftyLink messaging

International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 301-316

  Clarkson, Matthew J ^a   Zombori, Gergely ^a   Thompson, Steve ^a   Totz, Johannes ^a   Song, Yi ^a   Espak, Miklos ^a   Johnsen, Stian ^a   Hawkes, David ^a   Ourselin, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; Image guided interventions; Software platform; Visualisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; B SCAN; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER MEMORY; DATA PROCESSING; FIDUCIAL MARKER; HUMAN; IMAGING PHANTOM; IMAGING SOFTWARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MINIMALLY INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED SURGERY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOFTWARE;

DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE; SURGERY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 84925464700     PISSN: 18616410     EISSN: 18616429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11548-014-1124-7     Document Type: Article

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