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ArticlePloS one2019

Using the CustusX toolkit to create an image guided bronchoscopy application: Fraxinus.

Janne Beate Lervik Bakeng, Erlend Fagertun Hofstad, Ole Vegard Solberg, Jon Eiesland, Geir Arne Tangen, Tore Amundsen, Thomas Langø, Ingerid Reinertsen, Tormod Selbekk, Håkon Olav Leira

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Article in PloS one, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Janne Beate Lervik BakengResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Erlend Fagertun HofstadResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Ole Vegard SolbergResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Jon EieslandResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Geir Arne TangenResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Tore AmundsenDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Thomas LangøResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-2824-6120
Ingerid ReinertsenResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.ORCID 0000-0003-0999-3849
Tormod SelbekkResearch Group for Medical Technology, Department of Health, SINTEF Technology and Society, Trondheim, Norway.
Håkon Olav LeiraDepartment of Thoracic Medicine, St. Olavs hospital, Trondheim, Norway.

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Abstract

purposeThe aim of this paper is to show how a specialized planning and guidance application called Fraxinus, can be built on top of the CustusX platform (www.custusx.org), which is an open source image-guided intervention software platform. Fraxinus has been customized to meet the clinical needs in navigated bronchoscopy.

methodsThe application requirements for Fraxinus were defined in close collaboration between research scientists, software developers and clinicians (pulmonologists), and built on top of CustusX. Its superbuild system downloads specific versions of the required libraries and builds them for the application in question, including the selected plugins. New functionality is easily added through the plugin framework. The build process enables the creation of specialized applications, adding additional documentation and custom configurations. The toolkit's libraries offer building blocks for image-guided applications. An iterative development process was applied, where the clinicians would test and provide feedback during the entire process.

resultsFraxinus has been developed and is released as an open source planning and guidance application built on top of CustusX. It is highly specialized for bronchoscopy. The proposed workflow is adapted to the different steps in this procedure. The user interface of CustusX has been modified to enhance information, quality assurance and user friendliness with the intention to increase the overall yield for the patient. As the workflow of the procedure is relatively constant, some actions are predicted and automatically performed by the application, according to the requirements from the clinicians.

conclusionsThe CustusX platform facilitates development of new and specialized applications. The toolkit supports the process and makes important extension and injection points available for customization.

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