[IGSTK-Developers] RE: Operating Room of the Future at St. Olavs

[Luis Ibanez]

Hi Jon,

It is good to hear from you and from the project you are
working on.


About your interesting question regarding plug-ins, Kevin
already give a good summary. We put a lot of emphasis on
safety in IGSTK and plug-ins, given their run-time dynamic
nature are a risk factor that we prefer to avoid.

That being said, there is no reason why the same modules of
the plugins could not be added as safe classes that interact
with IGSTK classes. Most of our attention about safety in the
operating room derives from the recommendations and guidelines
that the FDA provides regarding the use of software in medical
devices.

Although at first sight IGSTK may appear to have an overhead
due to its emphasis in safety, this characteristic is at the
same time, the one that makes IGSTK most interesting for being
used in a critical application such as image guided surgery

If you already have modules that have been developed for image
guided surgery, we can explore mechanisms for interfacing them
with ITK in a manner that is consistent with the FDA recommendations
for software used in  medical devices.

We will be happy to take a look at specific examples, and giving
it a try to the integration.


      Best regards,


         Luis



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Kevin Cleary wrote:
> Jon
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> Good to hear from you and I really don’t need a concrete answer at any 
> point. We will continue to develop and support IGSTK and if it is useful 
> to your group that is great.
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> We have not thought about plug-ins for IGSTK and I would like to ask 
> Luis to give us his opinion here. Luis was the chief architect of IGSTK 
> and he put great emphasis on safety and robustness. While plug-ins sound 
> attractive and I would certainly welcome the opportunity to work with 
> your group on this, I am forwarding this to Luis and the other 
> developers so they can weigh in on this issue.
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> Thanks all
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> Kevin
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> *From:* Jon H Kaspersen [mailto:Jon.H.Kaspersen at sintef.no]
> *Sent:* Thursday, July 06, 2006 4:53 AM
> *To:* cleary at georgetown.edu
> *Subject:* Operating Room of the Future at St. Olavs
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> Hi Kevin,
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> Again I must apologize for not being able to give you a concrete answer 
> to whether we will start using IGSTK for some of our image guided 
> applications. This is the vacation time in Norway and many are on 
> holiday. Hope you understand....
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> One thing I thought I should discuss with you is if you see any 
> possibility to combine our in house developed CustusX and parts/modules 
> of IGSTK? Do you have any plans for a sort of "plug in" feature in 
> IGSTK? If yes, we can introduce new features and/or common features into 
> CustusX without changing the GUI. Changing (or introducing a new GUI) 
> for the surgeons are challenging.
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> Regards
> 
> Jon
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