Interventional information brokering medical tracking interface
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1. A method for providing a medical tracking interface for communication between at least one interventional tracking tool and an image guided intervention (IGI) application, characterized in the medical tracking interface:
- Receiving tracking data from at least one tracking tool in any one of a plurality of data formats;
converting the tracking data to a uniform data format; and
outputting the tracking data in the uniform data format to the IGI application.
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Abstract
A method, system, and program product are provided for providing a medical tracking interface. The method comprises the steps of: receiving tracking data from at least one tracking tool in any one of a plurality of data formats; converting the tracking data to a uniform data format; and outputting the tracking data in the uniform data format to an IGI application.
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1. A method for providing a medical tracking interface for communication between at least one interventional tracking tool and an image guided intervention (IGI) application, characterized in the medical tracking interface:
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Receiving tracking data from at least one tracking tool in any one of a plurality of data formats; converting the tracking data to a uniform data format; and outputting the tracking data in the uniform data format to the IGI application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A medical tracking interface, comprising:
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a processor; a memory operably connected to the processor; and a program of instruction stored on the memory and executed by the processor to convert tracking data from an interventional tool in any of a plurality of data formats to a uniform data format and output the tracking data to an image guided intervention application in the uniform data format. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A computer program product comprising a non-transient computer readable storage device having encoded thereon a computer executable program of instruction, comprising:
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program instructions for receiving data from at least one tracking tool in any one of a plurality of data formats; program instructions for converting the data to a uniform data format; and program instructions for outputting the data in the uniform data format to an image guided intervention application.
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