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== System components ==
== System components ==
* '''PLUS computer''' (Thinkpad W520 laptop running Win 7 64-bit)
* '''PLUS computer''' (Thinkpad W520 laptop running Win 7 64-bit)
** Functions
** Functions
*** Temporal calibration: synch ultrasound and tracking data streams
*** Temporal calibration: synch ultrasound and tracking data streams
*** Spatial calibrations: Image-to-Probe, Reference-to-RAS
*** Spatial calibrations? Image-to-Probe, Reference-to-RAS
*** Saves synchronized ultrasound and tracking data to file (mha)
*** Saves synchronized ultrasound and tracking data to file (mha format)
** Framegrabber, connected through USB - Epiphan VGA2USB LR
** Framegrabber, connected through USB - Epiphan VGA2USB LR
** PLUS is compiled in 32-bit to be able to use Epiphan driver
** PLUS is compiled in 64-bit to save long tracked US sequences in one session.
 
* '''BK ultrasound machine'''
* '''BK ultrasound machine'''
** Functions
** Functions
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** Image provided through VGA output
** Image provided through VGA output
** Probes: BK 8862, BK 8863
** Probes: BK 8862, BK 8863
* '''Brainlab''' (tracker)
* '''Brainlab''' (tracker)
** Functions
** Functions
*** Spatial calibration: Image-to-Probe, Reference-to-RAS
*** Provides tracking data to the PLUS computer
*** Provides tracking data to the PLUS computer
*** Provides additional surgical navigation information
** Tracking the following tools: Probe, Reference, Stylus
** Tracking the following tools: Probe, Reference, Stylus
** Provides tracking data through OpenIGTLink
** Provides tracking data through OpenIGTLink


== Questions ==
* '''Slicer computer???'''
* Why are we using the Brainlab system for tracking? Why not use just a tracker (e.g. Polaris)?
** Display tracked US and tracked surgical tools relative to the MRI
 
== System setup ==
 
=== PLUS computer ===
Tracker device configuration:
<source lang="xml">
Type="OpenIGTLinkTracker"
MessageType="TDATA"
</source>

Latest revision as of 20:20, 7 December 2012

NeuralNav system setup in the AMIGO suite

System components

  • PLUS computer (Thinkpad W520 laptop running Win 7 64-bit)
    • Functions
      • Temporal calibration: synch ultrasound and tracking data streams
      • Spatial calibrations? Image-to-Probe, Reference-to-RAS
      • Saves synchronized ultrasound and tracking data to file (mha format)
    • Framegrabber, connected through USB - Epiphan VGA2USB LR
    • PLUS is compiled in 64-bit to save long tracked US sequences in one session.
  • BK ultrasound machine
    • Functions
      • Provides images to the PLUS computer
    • Image provided through VGA output
    • Probes: BK 8862, BK 8863
  • Brainlab (tracker)
    • Functions
      • Spatial calibration: Image-to-Probe, Reference-to-RAS
      • Provides tracking data to the PLUS computer
      • Provides additional surgical navigation information
    • Tracking the following tools: Probe, Reference, Stylus
    • Provides tracking data through OpenIGTLink
  • Slicer computer???
    • Display tracked US and tracked surgical tools relative to the MRI

System setup

PLUS computer

Tracker device configuration: <source lang="xml"> Type="OpenIGTLinkTracker" MessageType="TDATA" </source>