ROS-IGTL-Bridge: an open network interface for image-guided therapy using the ROS environment.

Journal: International journal of computer assisted radiology and surgery
Published Date: May 31, 2017

Abstract

PURPOSE: With the growing interest in advanced image-guidance for surgical robot systems, rapid integration and testing of robotic devices and medical image computing software are becoming essential in the research and development. Maximizing the use of existing engineering resources built on widely accepted platforms in different fields, such as robot operating system (ROS) in robotics and 3D Slicer in medical image computing could simplify these tasks. We propose a new open network bridge interface integrated in ROS to ensure seamless cross-platform data sharing.

Authors

  • Tobias Frank
    Institute of Mechatronic Systems, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, Appelstrasse 11 a, 30167, Hannover, Germany. tobifr@freenet.de.
  • Axel Krieger
    Sheikh Zayed Institute for Pediatric Surgical Innovation, Childrens National Health System, 111 Michigan Avenue Northwest, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
  • Simon Leonard
    Centre for Change and Complexity in Learning, UniSA: Education Futures, University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
  • Niravkumar A Patel
    Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA, 01609, USA.
  • Junichi Tokuda

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