Python implementation of OpenIGTLink, a lightweight real-time data transfer protocol developed for image-guided therapy applications (surgical navigation, image-guided surgery, ultrasound-guided interventions, etc.).
Tested with 3D Slicer, SlicerIGT and PLUS Toolkit.
Supports latest OpenIGTLink protocol (version 3) and message types: IMAGE, TRANSFORM, STRING, POINT.
Using pip:
pip install pyigtl
Wait until a message is received from a device named ToolToReference and print the message content:
import pyigtl
client = pyigtl.OpenIGTLinkClient("127.0.0.1", 18944)
message = client.wait_for_message("ToolToReference", timeout=5)
print(message)