Description:

OpenIGTLink provides a standardized mechanism for communications among computers
and devices in operating rooms (OR) for wide variety of image-guided therapy
(IGT) applications. Examples of such applications include:

* Stereotactic surgical guidance using optical position sensor.
* Intraoperative image guidance using real-time MRI.
* Robot-assisted intervention with robotic device + surgical planning software

OpenIGTLink is a set of digital 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.