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A role-based component architecture for computer assisted interventions: illustration for electromagnetic tracking and robotized motion rejection in flexible endoscopy

Fasquel, Jean-Baptiste, Chabre, Guillaume, Zanne, Philippe, Nicolau, Stéphane, Agnus, Vincent, Soler, Luc, De Mathelin, Michel, Marescaux, Jacques
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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/10380/3069
New: Prefer using the following doi: https://doi.org/10.54294/pggtfv
Published in The MIDAS Journal - MICCAI 2009 Workshop: Systems and Architectures for Computer Assisted Interventions.
Submitted by Jean-baptiste Fasquel on 2009-07-07 09:05:23.

This paper presents an original role-based software architecture facilitating the flexible composition, configuration and collaboration of separated components in the field of computer assisted interventions. Roles, which can be seen as methods dynamically attached to objects, are embedded in components, to limit build level dependencies and improve flexibility. An appropriate component definition and composition language is proposed to declare softwares, without any specific initialization or glue code, this remaining a challenging issue in component oriented programming. The potential of this architecture is illustrated for a software coupling electromagnetic tracking with a robotized system dedicated to the physiological motion rejection in flexible endoscopy. This software consists in several independent components with are combined at runtime thanks to a concise XML-based declaration.