<s>
The	O
Image-Guided	O
Surgery	O
Toolkit	O
(	O
IGSTK	B-Language
:	O
pronounced	O
IGStick	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
package	O
oriented	O
to	O
facilitate	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
image-guided	O
surgery	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGSTK	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
toolkit	O
designed	O
to	O
enable	O
biomedical	O
researchers	O
to	O
rapidly	O
prototype	O
and	O
create	O
new	O
applications	O
for	O
image-guided	O
surgery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
toolkit	O
provides	O
functionalities	O
that	O
are	O
commonly	O
needed	O
when	O
implementing	O
image-guided	O
surgery	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
integration	O
with	O
optical	O
and	O
electromagnetic	O
trackers	O
,	O
manipulation	O
and	O
visualization	O
of	O
DICOM	B-Algorithm
datasets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
IGSTK	B-Language
was	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
National	O
Institute	O
of	O
Biomedical	O
Imaging	O
and	O
Bioengineering	O
,	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
US	O
National	O
Institutes	O
of	O
Health	O
NIH	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGSTK	B-Language
is	O
distributed	O
as	O
open-source	B-Application
software	I-Application
,	O
under	O
a	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
license	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
copyright	O
of	O
IGSTK	B-Language
is	O
held	O
by	O
the	O
Insight	O
Software	O
Consortium	O
.	O
</s>
