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OpenIGTLink is a network communication protocol specifically designed and developed for research on image-guided and computer-assisted interventions. It provides a standardized mechanism for communications among computers and devices in operating rooms (OR) for a wide variety of image-guided therapy (IGT) applications. Examples of such applications include:
- Stereotactic surgical guidance using optical position sensor and medical image visualization software
- Intraoperative image guidance using real-time MRI and medical image visualization software
- Robot-assisted interventions using robotic devices and surgical planning software
OpenIGTLink is a set of messaging formats and rules (protocol) used for data exchange on a local area network (LAN). The specification of OpenIGTLink and its reference implementation, the OpenIGTLink Library, are available free of charge for any purpose including commercial use. An OpenIGTLink interface is available in popular medical image processing and visualization software 3D Slicer.
The OpenIGTLink project is primarily supported by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH R01EB020667, PI: Junichi Tokuda).
- Junichi Tokuda, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital (Lead Developer)
- Nobuhiko Hata, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Clare M. Tempany, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Kiyoyuki Chinzei, Ph.D., National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Japan
- Ron Kikinis, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Ferenc Jolesz, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Tina Kapur, Ph.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Steve Pieper, Ph.D., Isomics, Inc.
- Isaiah Norton, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Gabor Fichtinger, Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada
- Tamas Ungi, M.D., Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada
- Andras Lasso, Ph.D., Queen's University, Canada
- Gregory S. Fischer, Ph.D., Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Matt Clarkson, Ph.D., Centre For Medical Image Computing, University College London, UK.
- Sebastian Tauscher, M.Sc., Institut für Mechatronische Systeme, Leibniz Universität Hannover
- Laurent Chauvin, M.S., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Luis Ibáñez, Ph.D., Kitware, Inc.
- Patrick Cheng, Ph.D., Georgetown University
- Peter Kazanzides, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
- Jumpei Arata, Ph.D., Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
- Alex Golby, M.D., Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Andre Charles Legendre
- Iulian I. Iordachita, Johns Hopkins University
- Jan Egger, Ph.D., Ph.D, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Haying Liu, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Yuichiro Hayashi, Ph.D., Nagoya University, Japan
- Atsushi Yamada, Ph.D., Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan
- National Center for Image Guided Therapy
- National Alliance for Medical Image Computing
- Surgical Navigation and Robotics Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Surgical Planning Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital
- Automation and Interventional Medicine (AIM) Robotics Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Laboratory for Percutaneous Surgery, Queen's University, Canada
- Insight Software Consortium
- Computer-Integrated Surgical Systems and Technology, Johns Hopkins University
- Robotics and Automation Laboratory, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan
- NIH R01EB020667: OpenIGTLink: a network communication interface for closed-loop image-guided interventions (PI: Junichi Tokuda)
- NIH R01CA111288: Enabling Technologies for MRI-Guided Prostate Interventions (PI: Clare M. Tempany)
- NIH P41EB015898: National Center for Image-Guided Therapy (NCIGT) (PI: Ferenc A. Jolesz / Clare M. Tempany)
- NIH 5R01CA138586: A New Method for Improved Targeting in Image-Guided Abdominal Interventions (PI: Nobuhiko Hata)
- National Alliance for Medical Image Computing (NA-MIC) (PI: Ron Kikinis)
- Intelligent Surgical Instrument Project sponsored by The Ministry of International Trade and Industry, Japan (PI: Makoto Hashizume)
- Tokuda J, Fischer GS, Papademetris X, Yaniv Z, Ibanez L, Cheng P, Liu H, Blevins J, Arata J, Golby AJ, Kapur T, Pieper S, Burdette EC, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Hata N. OpenIGTLink: an open network protocol for image-guided therapy environment. Int J Med Robot. 2009 Dec;5(4):423-34.
- Arata J, Kozuka H, Kim HW, Takesue N, Vladimirov B, Sakaguchi M, Tokuda J, Hata N, Chinzei K, Fujimoto H. Open core control software for surgical robots. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2010 May;5(3):211-20.
- Tokuda J, Fischer GS, DiMaio SP, Gobbi DG, Csoma C, Mewes PW, Fichtinger G, Tempany CM, Hata N. Integrated navigation and control software system for MRI-guided robotic prostate interventions. Comput Med Imaging Graph. 2010 Jan;34(1):3-8.
- Elhawary H, Liu H, Patel P, Norton I, Rigolo L, Papademetris X, Hata N, Golby AJ. Intraoperative real-time querying of white matter tracts during frameless stereotactic neuronavigation. Neurosurgery. 2011 Feb;68(2):506-16.
- Egger J, Tokuda J, Chauvin L, Freisleben B, Nimsky C, Kapur T, Wells W. Integration of the OpenIGTLink Network Protocol for image-guided therapy with the medical platform MeVisLab, Int J Med Robot. 2012 Sep;8(3):282-90.
- Tauscher S, Tokuda J, Schreiber G, Neff T, Hata N, Ortmaier T. OpenIGTLink interface for state control and visualisation of a robot for image-guided therapy systems. Int J Comput Assist Radiol Surg. 2014 Jun 13.