New to Plus

[SerenaIntusurg]

Hi,
I'm looking to get an ultrasound probe and start using plus. I'm looking at the Interson GP-01, but I don't see a device set available for it in the fCal program. How do set up that file correctly? Is there a preferred ultrasound probe to use with this program?

Thanks,
Serena

[ungi]

At the moment, new Interson probes are not supported by PLUS yet. We plan to update the support soon, I just wanted to make sure you know about this. I would not use fCal, unless you must provide a sterile intraoperative way to calibrate your probe. The only advantage of fCal is that it can be designed to work in a sterile box. However, if you can mount the tracker on the probe in a reproducible way, it's better to calibrate only once with a tracked stylus and use that calibration with all your scans. Here is a tutorial how to calibrate with a tracked stylus: http://www.slicerigt.org/wp/user-tutorial/ (see U-31). You can change the ultrasound device part in any example PLUS config file. It should not matter for the rest of the config file.

[SerenaIntusurg]

So which ultrasound system would you recommend I get to work with Plus?

[ungi]

I personally use Telemed ultrasound machines. They are very reliable and the programming interface has not changed in a long time, so it's easy to work with them. PLUS also supports video frame grabbers, so you could use a high-end ultrasound with a standard video output (DVI, RGB, etc.), and capture the frames with an Epiphan frame grabber. Clarius wireless ultrasounds will also be supported soon. They are quite special because of the wireless design, but they have very good image quality at a relatively low cost.

[SerenaIntusurg]

Are there specific epiphan grabbers that are supported or not supported by Plus? I was looking at a pretty barebones one: https://www.amazon.com/Epiphan-DVI2USB-Video-Grabber-ESP1137/dp/B071ZZPCCW/ref=sr_1_26?dchild=1&keywords=epiphan+recording&qid=1633413619&sr=8-26

[ungi]

That looks like the one I was using too. This is the PLUS user guide page to set it up: http://perk-software.cs.queensu.ca/plus/doc/nightly/user/DeviceEpiphan.html

[SerenaIntusurg]

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[Sunderlandkyl]

The OpenIGTLinkIF module comes with the SlicerOpenIGTLink extension. You can install it through the extension manager. https://slicer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/user_guide/extensions_manager.html