NauralNavAmigoSetup

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)
  • Framegrabber, connected through USB - Epiphan VGA2USB LR
  • PLUS is compiled in 32-bit to be able to use Epiphan driver
• BK ultrasound machine
  • Functions
    • Provides images to the PLUS computer
  • Image provided through VGA output
  • Probes: BK 8862, BK 8863
• Brainlab (tracker)
  • Functions
    • Provides tracking data to the PLUS computer
  • Tracking the following tools: Probe, Reference, Stylus
  • Provides tracking data through OpenIGTLink

Questions

• Why are we using the Brainlab system for tracking? Why not use just a tracker (e.g. Polaris)?