@inproceedings{50c927e6583c4dd091051b0ef76aebf9,
title = "IGSTK: Framework and example application using an open source toolkit for image-guided surgery applications",
abstract = "Open source software has tremendous potential for improving the productivity of research labs and enabling the development of new medical applications. The Image-Guided Surgery Toolkit (IGSTK) is an open source software toolkit based on ITK, VTK, and FLTK, and uses the cross-platform tools CMAKE and DART to support common operating systems such as Linux, Windows, and MacOS. IGSTK integrates the basic components needed in surgical guidance applications and provides a common platform for fast prototyping and development of robust image-guided applications. This paper gives an overview of the IGSTK framework and current status of development followed by an example needle biopsy application to demonstrate how to develop an image-guided application using this toolkit.",
keywords = "Application prototyping, Image-guided surgery, Needle biopsy, Open source, State machine, Surgical guidance, Tracking",
author = "Peng Cheng and Hui Zhang and Kim, {Hee Su} and Kevin Gary and Blake, {M. Brian} and David Gobbi and Stephen Aylward and Julien Jomier and Andinet Enquobahrie and Rick Avila and Luis Ibanez and Kevin Cleary",
year = "2006",
doi = "10.1117/12.660583",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0819461849",
series = "Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE",
booktitle = "Medical Imaging 2006",
note = "Medical Imaging 2006: Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display ; Conference date: 12-02-2006 Through 14-02-2006",
}