ClariusOpenIGTLinkBridge

Simple command line tool that connects to a Clarius probe using Clarius Cast API and streams the ultrasound frames through OpenIGTLink.

Clarius Probe Setup

In the Clarius app insert the following settings, in order to enable the Cast API and to prevent the probe from creating its own Wi-Fi hotspot.

After that, when connecting to a probe you should be able to see the IP and port used for streaming:

Usage

Start the program specifying the IP and port shown in the Clarius app ./ClariusOpenIGTLinkBridge <ip> <port>.

The program will connect to the probe and will print a line showing the IGTLink server port Created IGTLink server on port: 8080.

Updating Cast API Version

The Cast API used in this program must be the same as the version of the Clarius app running on the phone/tablet. If the versions are different you can update this repo by following these steps:

• In the Clarius app, open the left menu and click on "System Status", you can find the "Software Version" under "System Information".
• Go to the Clarius Cast Releases page and find your version.
• Download the library zip file for your OS and the source code.
• This repository contains Cast libraries in the folder Cast/<version>/<os name>/lib. Create this folder structure for the version you need and copy the libraries (libcast.so for Linux, cast.dll and cast.lib for Windows) contained in the zip file into it.
• This repository contains Cast includes in the folder Cast/<version>/<os name>/include. Create this folder structure for the version you need and copy the headers from the source code zip file you downloaded from the Clarius Cast Releases page.
• Inside the CMakeLists.txt change the line set(CAST_VERSION 10.3.0) to the required version.
• Recompile this project.