1. System Set-up for the Integration of
BrainLab, BioImage Suite and Slicer3
Haiying Liu
Surgical Planning Lab
Brigham & Women's Hospital
Harvard Medical School 1

2. Acknowledgements National Center for Image Guided Therapy
NIH U41RR019703
NEDO Intelligent Surgical Instruments Project
Xenios Papademetris
Yale University School of Medicine
Pratik Patel
BrainLAB, Inc.

3. Outline Overview of the system Configure BrainLab
Configure BioImage Suite
Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab
Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3

4. Overview Slicer3 communicates with BrainLab through BioImage Suite.
BrainLab sends tracking data and images to BioImage Suite on VVLink.
BioImage Suite relays the data to Slicer3 on OpenIGTLink.
BrainLab
Slicer3
BioImage
Suite
OpenIGTLink
VVLink

5. Configure BrianLab Power on your BrainLab system.
On BrainLab interface (see next slide), get to Tools->VV Link. Activate VV Link by clicking the button in the middle. This may need a license. Write down the password in the red oval. The password may be changed if BrainLab plugs in a different Ethernet jacket.

6. Configure BrianLab Left click this button to activate VVLink
Save this password for later use
(From Xenophon Papademetris, Yale University)

7. Configure BioImage Suite
Left click to bring
Preferences
Widget up (next slide)

8. Configure BioImage Suite
1. Enable OpenIGTLink and
VectorVisionLink
3. Left click to close and then exit BrainLab
2. Left click to save
Preferences

9. Configure BioImage Suite
Start BioImage Suite again.
Check and make sure both OpenIGTLink and VectorVisionLink are enabled.

10. Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab
2. Left click to bring the VVLink/OpenIGTLink
widget
1. Left click the Neurosurgery button

11. Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab
Left click to bring up the VVLink Tool widget

12. Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab
1. Left click to a new server (BrainLab system)
2. Input the IP address of the BrainLab system
3. Input the password saved before
4. Left click to add server

13. Connect BioImage Suite to BrianLab
1. The added server should be listed here. Make it visible
2. Left click to connect
3. If the connection succeeds, on both sides, you will see a confirmation message. Click OK button to confirm.

14. Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3
Choose OpenIGTLink IF module

15. Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3
1. Left click to add a new connector
2. Check it as server
3. Check it as active

16. Connect BioImage Suite to Slicer3
1. Input the server (Slicer3) name or its IP address and port number
2. Left click to connect
3. Confirmation message after pressing Connect button