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Integration of infrared, ultraviolet and hyperspectral sensors in Slicer via Plus Toolkit and OpenIGTLink.

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Project Description

Integration of a predefined set of sensors in the 3D Slicer platform, via Plus Toolkit and OpenIGTLink, for future use in clinical applications. Several sensors/cameras operating in different electromagnetic ranges and using different communication standards (USB, CameraLink, GigE, GenICam) will be integrated. The set of cameras to integrate includes (but not limited to): visible light USB cameras, PCO (ultraviolet, USB, several models), Thermal Expert (infrared, USB/CameraLink, several models), FLIR (infrared, GigE, several models), Specim (hyperspectral, GenICam, several models).

Objective

  1. Adding selected sensors as new devices in PTK.
  2. Visualization and control of integrated sensors from Slicer.

Approach and Plan

  1. Integration of at least one USB camera (sensor) as a PTK device.
  2. Integration of at least one CameraLink sensor as a PTK device.
  3. Integration of at least one GigE sensor as a PTK device.
  4. Integration of at least one GenICam sensor as a PTK device.

Progress and Next Steps

  1. Environment configuration (Win10, Visual Studio 2019, Qt5, installation of PTK (https://plustoolkit.github.io) & cameras drivers + SDK’s ).
  2. Thermal Expert EV2 infrared camera added, following instructions from PTK site (plustoolkit.github.io/devicecode).
  3. PCO Ultraviolet camera added, following instructions from PTK site. Code modified to change camera exposure values from config file (XML).
  4. Simultaneous image acquisition from TE-EV2 & PCO UV tested from Slicer (OpenIGTLink, see figure).
  5. Next steps: integration of CameraLink, GigE, GenICam cameras; interactive control of camera parameters.

Illustrations

Fig. 1: Integration of Thermal Expert EV2 & PCO Ultraviolet Cameras (OpenIGTLink) TEEV2PCOUV-2.gif

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Background and References

  1. Plus ToolKit. Adding a Device. URL: https://plustoolkit.github.io/devicecode (Last seen: 02/02/2023).