IGSTK: An Open Source Software Toolkit for Image-Guided Surgery

  • Authors:
  • Kevin Gary;Luis Ibanez;Stephen Aylward;David Gobbi;M. Brian Blake;Keven Cleary

  • Affiliations:
  • Arizona State University;Kitware Inc.;Kitware Inc.;Atamai Inc.;Georgetown University;Georgetown University

  • Venue:
  • Computer
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

Reliable software is a critical component of image-guided surgical applications, yet costly expertise and technology infrastructure barriers hamper current research and commercialization efforts. The Image-Guided Software Toolkit applies open source methods to provide a safe, inexpensive, and reusable infrastructure.