System Set-up for the Integration of BrainLab, BioImage Suite and Slicer3

© NIH National Center for Image-Guided Therapy, November, 2008

System Set-up for the Integration ofBrainLab, BioImage Suite and Slicer3

Haiying Liu

Surgical Planning Lab

Brigham & Women's Hospital

Harvard Medical School


Acknowledgements

National Center for Image Guided TherapyNIH U41RR019703

NEDO Intelligent Surgical Instruments Project


The Team

• Haiying Liu, BWH• Noby Hata, BWH• Alex Golby, BWH• Junichi Tokuda, BWH• Steve Pieper, Isomics• Xenios Papademetris, Yale • Pratik Patel, BrainLab AG


Outline

• Overview of the system

• Wire computers by router

• Configure BrainLab

• Configure BioImage Suite

• Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab

• Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3


System Overview

BioImage

SuiteBrainLab Slicer3

VVLink OpenIGTLink

• BioImage Suite is a bridge between Slicer3 and BrainLab.

• BrainLab sends tracking data and images to BioImage Suite on VVLink.

• BioImage Suite relays the data to Slicer3 on OpenIGTLink.


Wire Computers by Router

• Power on the BrainLab system.• Power on the computer running both Slicer3 and BioImage Suite.• Power on the router.• Connect the BrainLab system with the router with an Ethernet network cable.• Connect the Slicer computer with the router with an Ethernet network cable.


Wire Computers by Router

• Assign a static IP address for the BrainLab system.• Assign a static IP address for the Slicer computer.• Test the connectivity between the BrainLab system and the Slicer computer by using pingping command in a command prompt (for Windows) or a terminal (for Linux) like: ping ip-addressmake sure you have response from the other computer.


Configure BrianLab

• On BrainLab interface (see next slide), get to Tools->VV Link. Activate VV Link by clicking the button in the middle. • This may need a license. • If VV Link is activated, you should see a square as the border for the button.• Write down the password in the red oval. The password may not be always the same.


Configure BrianLab

(From Xenophon Papademetris, Yale University)

Left click this button to activate VVLink

Save this password for later use


Configure BioImage Suite

Left click to bringPreferencesWidget up (next slide)



1. Enable OpenIGTLink and

VectorVisionLink

2. Left click to save

Preferences

3. Left click to close this widget and then exit BioImage Suite



• Start BioImage Suite again.• Check and make sure both OpenIGTLink and VectorVisionLink are enabled. If not, turned them into Enabled.


Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab

1. Left click the Neurosurgery button

2. Left click to bring the VVLink/OpenIGTLink

widget



Left click to bring up the VVLink Tool widget (next slide)



1. Left click to a new server (BrainLab system)

2. Input the IP address of the BrainLab system

4. Left click to add server

3. Input the password saved before



1. The added server should be listed here. Make it visible

2. Left click to connect

3. If the connection succeeds, on both sides, you will see a confirmation message. Click OK button to confirm.


Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3

Choose OpenIGTLink IF module and then click the Connectors tab



1. Left click to add a new connector

2. Check it as server

3. Check it as active



1. Input the server (Slicer3) name or its IP address and port number

2. Left click to connect

3. Confirmation message after pressing Connect button

System Set-up for the Integration of BrainLab, BioImage Suite and Slicer3

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