UsTK 2.0.1 main page

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Supported platforms
• UsTK tutorials
  • Installation from source tutorials
  • Running UsTK example codes tutorials

Introduction

UsTK is a modular C++ library that allows fast development of visual servoing applications dedicated to ultrasound images. UsTK is developed and maintained by the Inria Rainbow team located at Inria Rennes.

UsTK official site is https://ustk.inria.fr

UsTK source code is now available on GitHub https://github.com/lagadic/ustk

If you have any problems or find any bugs, please report them in the bug tracker.

It is also possible to contact UsTK main developers using: ustk@inria.fr

Supported platforms

UsTK is a multi platform library that works under Linux, OSX and Windows. To install UsTK you need the CMake configuration tool available from http://www.cmake.org. As UsTK is a set of modules for ViSP library, you will need to download ViSP source code here. Furthermore, depending on your operating system and the capabilities you need, you may install third party libraries listed here.

UsTK full installation procedure using CMake is detailed in the Installation from source tutorials.

UsTK tutorials

Below you will find some tutorials dedicated to the ultrasound toolkit extension.

Installation from source tutorials

• Tutorial: Installation from source for Linux Ubuntu
  This tutorial explains how to build and install UsTK under ubuntu distribution.
• Tutorial: Installation from source for Linux Fedora
  This tutorial explains how to build and install UsTK under fedora distribution.
• Tutorial: Installation from source for Mac OSX
  This tutorial explains how to build and install UsTK under Mac OSX.
• Tutorial: UsTK Ultrasonix server application installation
  This tutorial explains how to install the server application on an Ultrasonix machine.

Running UsTK example codes tutorials

• Tutorials: UsTK core and io tutorials (image read/write and conversions)
  This tutorial gives an overview of ustk_core and ustk_io modules.
• Tutorial: UsTK grabber tutorial for sonosite 180 plus
  This tutorial gives examples to use sonosite grabber.
• Tutorial: UsTK grabber tutorial for ultrasonix station
  This tutorial gives examples to use ultrasonix grabber.
• Tutorial: UsTK grabber tutorial for ultrasonix station with computation of confidence map of the image
  This tutorial gives examples to run a confidence map using ultrasonix grabber.
• Tutorial: UsTK grabber tutorial to perform visual servoing on a 2D confidence map.
  This tutorial shows how to perform a simple visual servoing task on a confidence map.
• Tutorial: UsTK virtual server
  This tutorial shows how to use the virtual server application to simulate an ultrasound station sending frames through the network.
• Tutorial: UsTK elastography
  This tutorial explains how to use the elastography process on RF sequences, sent by the virtual server application.
• Tutorial: UsTK needle tracker 2D
  This tutorial explains how to use the 2D needle tracker.