IGSTK: an open source software toolkit for image-guided surgery

Author

Gary, Kevin ; Ibáñez, Luis ; Aylward, Stephen ; Gobbi, David ; Blake, M. Brian ; Cleary, Kevin

Author_Institution

Arizona State Univ., AZ, USA

Volume

39

Issue

4

fYear

2006

fDate

4/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

46

Lastpage

53

Abstract

Image-guided surgery applies leading-edge technology and clinical practices to provide better quality of life to patients who can benefit from minimally invasive procedures. Reliable software is a critical component of image-guided surgical applications, yet costly expertise and technology infrastructure barriers hamper current research and commercialization efforts in this area. IGSTK applies the open source development and delivery model to this problem. Agile and component-based software engineering principles reduce the costs and risks associated with adopting this new technology, resulting in a safe, inexpensive, robust, shareable, and reusable software infrastructure.

Keywords

medical image processing; object-oriented programming; public domain software; software reliability; software reusability; surgery; IGSTK; Image-Guided Software Toolkit; agile software engineering principles; component-based software engineering principles; image-guided surgical application; minimally invasive procedures; open source development; open source software toolkit; reliable software; reusable software infrastructure; Anatomy; Computed tomography; Lesions; Liver; Magnetic resonance imaging; Open source software; Probes; Surgery; Surgical instruments; Ultrasonic imaging; Clinical software engineering; Healthcare technology; IGSTK; Medical software; Open source software;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MC.2006.130

Filename

1620995