ABOUT The SIGN

A software framework for rapid development of navigation applications

The SIGN is a framework for development of research based image-guided navigation software. The SIGN provides the developer with a framework, designed for Image-Guided Therapy (IGT) from its core, that helps rapid development of new applications. Using The SIGN, developers can make applications that meet the needs of emerging image-guided procedures and therapies that require multi-modal imaging and tracking. This framework accommodates dynamic data structures, dynamic input and output interfaces for interventional devices, and dynamic visualization of data. Arbitrary, yet meaningful, connections can be established between these entities in order to implement customized applications that target specific clinical procedures.

Device interfaces

The SIGN interfaces with a large range of devices. The two main categories of devices are trackers and imaging devices. Trackers are devices that provide position and orientation information in space (such as optical or electro-magnetic trackers), while imaging devices can provide a stream of image data from, for example, an ultrasound or MRI scanner. Non-real time imaging (images that are not streamed) is not a part of device interfaces, but rather data reading.