The PerkLab released PLUS: an open-source software library for ultrasound imaging research

Plus (Public software Library for UltraSound imaging research) is a software package containing library functions and applications for tracked ultrasound image acquisition, calibration, and processing.

Features include:

  • B-mode and RF acquisition using a wide range of imaging and tracking devices
  • Live image and tracking data transfer to 3D Slicer using OpenIGTLink
  • Spatial and temporal calibration
  • Volume reconstruction

Tutorials, documentation, installation packages, and source code are available at https://www.assembla.com/spaces/plus.

Thanks to Tamas Heffter, Csaba Pinter, Tamas Ungi, Thomas Kuiran Chen, Alexis Boucharin, Andras Lasso and contributors and Queen's University and Robarts Research Institute to make all this happen.