# Streaming of live images from PlusApp to 3DSlicer/Python code (TELEMED Probe)

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** python, plus, streaming\
**Created:** [May 16, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194 "2024-05-16T05:27:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Viktor\_Sokolov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/viktor_sokolov/32/70448_2.png) [@Viktor\_Sokolov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Viktor_Sokolov)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 5:27am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194/1 "2024-05-16T05:27:20Z")

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I am trying to stream messages from PlusApllication to 3D Slicer. I use TELEMED probe and follow this [tutorial](http://perk-software.cs.queensu.ca/plus/doc/nightly/user/ProcedureStreamingToSlicer.html).  
I use default config file in Plus from [here](http://perk-software.cs.queensu.ca/plus/doc/nightly/user/DeviceTelemed.html).

Everything seems to work, but VolumeResliceDriver for some reason doesn’t show anything on the red channel screen, what can cause this problem?

 ![3d_slicer_1](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/uploads/slicer/original/3X/5/5/552ea1784cbad736bd4ea3cb9eb6ace59d104847.jpeg)

PS: I know that PlusApp streams data via OpenIGTLink. Is it possible to recieve those images in python code without using 3D Slicer at all?

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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194/2 "2024-05-16T13:50:48Z")

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This is using the 64-bit Telemed? You may need to run Plus in either Administrator mode or in Windows 8 compatibility mode to get the images to show up.

It is a known issue with the 64-bit Telemed SDK.

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**Author:** ![Viktor\_Sokolov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/viktor_sokolov/32/70448_2.png) [@Viktor\_Sokolov](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Viktor_Sokolov)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 8:54am UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194/3 "2024-05-17T08:54:52Z")

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**Kyle Sunderland** , thank you very much, running in Administrator mode helped! Do you know, by any chance, is it possibloe to recieve a stream of live images from Plus in Python code? Preferably, I want to be able to take snapshots at specific times from the Python code instead of just continuous stream.

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**Author:** ![Sunderlandkyl](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/sunderlandkyl/32/79987_2.png) [@Sunderlandkyl](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Sunderlandkyl)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2024, 3:51pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/streaming-of-live-images-from-plusapp-to-3dslicer-python-code-telemed-probe/36194/4 "2024-05-17T15:51:39Z")

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Do you mean accessing the images in pure Python, without Slicer, or accessing the images in Slicer using Python?

For pure Python, you can use the pyIGTL package ([pyigtl · PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/pyigtl/)).