Interson USB ultrasound systems (old SDK)

Supported hardware devices

• This device is used for image acquisition from Interson USB ultrasound systems with SeeMore probes with the C++ (old) interface. Probes with .NET interface should be used with Interson USB ultrasound systems (new SDK).
• Link to manufacturer's website: http://www.interson.com/products/seemore-153-usb-probes

Supported platforms

• Windows 32 bits

Installation

• Requires SDK provided by Interson for compilation and USB drivers provided by Interson for running (otherwise Plus application will not start due to missing WDAPI1010.dll).
• Limitations: imaging parameters are hardcoded, makeing them configurable is a work in progress, see details in #866 , #867 and #868

Device configuration settings

• 
  Device
  • 
    Type = "IntersonVideo"
    
  • 
    AcquisitionRate
    

    Default = "30"
  • 
    LocalTimeOffsetSec
    

    Default = "0"
  • 
    EnableProbeButtonMonitoring controls if probe button press count should be included in the output channel in the first translation component of the ProbeButtonToDummyTransform. The value is incremented each time the physical button on the probe is pressed.
    

    Default = "FALSE".
    • FALSE Probe button press count is not included in the output.
    • TRUE Probe button press count is included in the output.
  • 
    ImageSize
  • 
    Ultrasound imaging parameters
    
    • 
      Contrast
    • 
      DepthMm
    • 
      DynRangeDb
    • 
      FrequencyMhz
    • 
      GainPercent
    • 
      TimeGainCompensation
    • 
      Intensity
    • 
      Sector
    • 
      ZoomFactor
    • 
      SoundVelocity
  • 
    DataSources Exactly one DataSource child element is required
    
    • 
      DataSource
      
      • 
        PortUsImageOrientation
        
      • 
        ImageType Supported imaging modes: B-mode
        

        Default = "BRIGHTNESS"
      • 
        BufferSize
        

        Default = "150"
      • 
        AveragedItemsForFiltering
        

        Default = "20"
      • 
        ClipRectangleOrigin
        

        Default = "0 0 0"
      • 
        ClipRectangleSize
        

        Default = "0 0 0"

Example configuration file PlusDeviceSet_Server_IntersonVideoCapture_WithParameters.xml

 <PlusConfiguration version="2.1">

  <DataCollection StartupDelaySec="1.0" >
    <DeviceSet 
      Name="PlusServer: Interson USB ultrasound device. Some parameters are set here."
      Description="Broadcasting acquired video through OpenIGTLink"
    />
    <Device
      Id="VideoDevice" 
      Type="IntersonVideo"
      SoundVelocity="1541"
      DepthMm="100" 
      Intensity="128"
      Contrast="256"
      GainPercent="0 0 60" 
      ImageSize="800 512"
      SectorPercent="-1" 
      DynRangeDb="-1" 
      ZoomFactor="-1" 
      FrequencyMhz="-1" >
      <DataSources>
        <DataSource Type="Video" Id="Video" PortUsImageOrientation="MF"  />
      </DataSources>      
      <OutputChannels>
        <OutputChannel Id="VideoStream" VideoDataSourceId="Video" />
      </OutputChannels>
    </Device>
    <Device
      Id="CaptureDevice"
      Type="VirtualCapture"
      BaseFilename="RecordingTest.igs.mha"
      EnableCapturingOnStart="FALSE" >
      <InputChannels>
        <InputChannel Id="VideoStream" />
      </InputChannels>
    </Device>
  </DataCollection>

  <CoordinateDefinitions>
    <Transform From="Image" To="Reference"
      Matrix="
        0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0
        0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0        
        0 0 0 1" />
  </CoordinateDefinitions>
  
  <PlusOpenIGTLinkServer 
    MaxNumberOfIgtlMessagesToSend="1" 
    MaxTimeSpentWithProcessingMs="50" 
    ListeningPort="18944" 
    SendValidTransformsOnly="true" 
    OutputChannelId="VideoStream" > 
    <DefaultClientInfo> 
      <MessageTypes> 
        <Message Type="IMAGE" />
      </MessageTypes>
      <ImageNames>
        <Image Name="Image" EmbeddedTransformToFrame="Reference" />
      </ImageNames>
    </DefaultClientInfo>
  </PlusOpenIGTLinkServer>

</PlusConfiguration>