OpenIGTLinkIO

OpenIGTLink utility library.

Originally forked from OpenIGTLinkIF.

OpenIGTLinkIO contains several wrapper layers on top of OpenIGTLink. The code originates from OpenIGTLink/OpenIGTLinkIF. The main intent of the library is to share igtl code between Slicer, CustusX, IBIS, MITK and other systems.

Warning: This is a work in progress. The code is highly unstable!

The library contains the following modules, ordered from few to lots of dependencies:

• Converter Module VTK<->OpenIGTLink: Standalone utility classes for converting between VTK and igtl formats.
• Devices Module: A library of device classes, one for each igtl message, VTK-dependent.
• Logic Module: An igtl client that used Devices to send/receive igtl messages over one or more Connections, VTK-dependent.
• GUI Module: User interface classes and widgets for the Logic Module. Qt and CTK-dependent.

An example application for running a standalone client is also available.

Build instructions

Build with cmake:

cmake -G"generator_name" \
      -DOpenIGTLink_DIR:PATH=path/to/igtl/build \
      -DVTK_DIR:PATH=path/to/vtk/build \
      -DCTK_DIR:PATH=path/to/ctk/build \
      -DQt5_DIR:PATH=path/to/Qt/lib/cmake/Qt5
      path/to/source

If you use a single configuration generator, you can explicitly select the configuration passing -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release or -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Debug.

List of available generator are listed here.

CTK must be build with VTK support -DCTK_LIB_Visualization/VTK/Core:BOOL=ON. Set -DVTK_DIR:PATH=path/to/vtk/build as well.

The library can be included into other systems through the usual cmake framework. Install not tested.

Example

The following is an example of how to build the library with all prerequisites:

# prerequisites:
#
# qmake is in path

mkdir ~/dev
cd ~/dev

git clone git@github.com:Kitware/VTK.git
mkdir -p VTK_build
cd VTK_build
cmake ../VTK -DVTK_QT_VERSION:STRING=5 -DModule_vtkGUISupportQt:BOOL=ON -DQt5_DIR:PATH=/path/to/Qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5
make -j6
cd ..

git clone git@github.com:commontk/CTK.git
mkdir -p CTK_build
cd CTK_build
cmake ../CTK -DCTK_QT_VERSION:STRING=5 -DCTK_LIB_Visualization/VTK/Core:BOOL=ON -DVTK_DIR:PATH=~/dev/VTK_build -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF -DQt5_DIR:PATH=/path/to/Qt5/lib/cmake/Qt5
make -j6
cd ..

git clone git@github.com:IGSIO/OpenIGTLink.git
mkdir -p OpenIGTLink_build
cd OpenIGTLink_build
cmake ../OpenIGTLink -DBUILD_TESTING:BOOL=OFF
make -j6


git clone git@github.com:IGSIO/OpenIGTLinkIO.git
mkdir -p OpenIGTLinkIO_build
cd OpenIGTLinkIO_build
cmake ../OpenIGTLinkIO -DOpenIGTLink_DIR:PATH=~/dev/OpenIGTLink_build -DVTK_DIR:PATH=~/dev/VTK_build -DCTK_DIR:PATH=~/dev/CTK_build 
make -j6

License

This project is released under the Apache 2 license.