PLUS: open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems.
PLUS: open-source toolkit for ultrasound-guided intervention systems.
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10.1109/tbme.2014.2322864
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2014-10
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Fichtinger G
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Lasso A;Heffter T;Rankin A;Pinter C;Ungi T;Fichtinger G
各种先进的图像分析方法已在开发中的超声引导的干预。不幸的是，从图像分析算法到作为介入系统的一部分的临床可行性试验的过渡需要许多组件的集成，例如成像和跟踪设备、数据处理算法和可视化软件。我们的工作目标是提供一个免费的开源软件平台- PLUS：超声公共软件库-以促进超声引导介入系统的快速原型设计，用于转化临床研究。PLUS提供了多种方法，用于从各种跟踪和成像设备采集介入工具姿态和超声图像、空间和时间校准、体积重建、模拟图像生成以及记录和实时流式传输采集数据。本文介绍PLUS，解释其功能和架构，并介绍超声引导介入系统中的典型用途和性能。PLUS满足超声引导介入系统开发的基本要求，并希望成为广泛使用的转化研究原型平台。PLUS是在BSD许可下免费提供的开源软件，代码和文档可以在http://www.plustoolkit.org上找到。
A variety of advanced image analysis methods have been under development for ultrasound-guided interventions. Unfortunately, the transition from an image analysis algorithm to clinical feasibility trials as part of an intervention system requires integration of many components, such as imaging and tracking devices, data processing algorithms, and visualization software. The objective of our work is to provide a freely available open-source software platform – PLUS: Public software Library for Ultrasound – to facilitate rapid prototyping of ultrasound-guided intervention systems for translational clinical research. PLUS provides a variety of methods for interventional tool pose and ultrasound image acquisition from a wide range of tracking and imaging devices, spatial and temporal calibration, volume reconstruction, simulated image generation, and recording and live streaming of the acquired data. This paper introduces PLUS, explains its functionality and architecture, and presents typical uses and performance in ultrasound-guided intervention systems. PLUS fulfills the essential requirements for the development of ultrasound-guided intervention systems and it aspires to become a widely used translational research prototyping platform. PLUS is freely available as open source under BSD license, the code and documentation are available at http://www.plustoolkit.org.