# Ultrasound volume reconstruction

**URL:** <https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-volume-reconstruction/29476>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [May 15, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-volume-reconstruction/29476 "2023-05-15T14:38:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Callie\_Dunkel](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/callie_dunkel/32/65990_2.png) [@Callie\_Dunkel](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/Callie_Dunkel)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-volume-reconstruction/29476/1 "2023-05-15T14:38:19Z")

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Hello everyone,

I am interested in reconstructing the volume of joints using ultrasound machines available at my school. So far, I have been able to set up the ultrasound simulator in Slicer. I have Konica Minolta HS2, Fujifilm PX and Edge II ultrasound machines at my disposal. I plan on using one of the optical trackers our lab has as well. Before I dive into trying to make this work, I just want to make sure Plustoolkit and Silcer are able to be configured with the hardware devices I had. These machines were not listed on Plus’ website but is there a way to set them up (with limited programming experience!). Thank you in advance and thanks for all the work everyone has put into this amazing application!

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**Author:** ![tomekcz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/discourse.slicer.org/tomekcz/32/11462_2.png) [@tomekcz](https://discourse.slicer.org/u/tomekcz)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://discourse.slicer.org/t/ultrasound-volume-reconstruction/29476/2 "2023-05-17T17:57:34Z")

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PLUS should be the package you need, but you’re right that it doesn’t look like any of the ultrasound scanners you have are supported out-of-the-box. If you have access to the API/SDK of these ultrasound systems (provided by the manufacturer), you can attempt to code up your own class (see [Adding a Device](https://plustoolkit.github.io/devicecode)). This does require a fair amount of comfort with C++, but you can use the other devices as a template for your code (e.g. [PlusLib/vtkPlusIntersonVideoSource.cxx](https://github.com/PlusToolkit/PlusLib/blob/master/src/PlusDataCollection/Interson/vtkPlusIntersonVideoSource.cxx)).

If you dont have access to SDKs, you can investigate using a frame grabber that will essentially record the stream from the ultrasound display and send those frames to Slicer over the IGTLink server (see [Epiphan frame grabber](http://perk-software.cs.queensu.ca/plus/doc/nightly/user/DeviceEpiphan.html)). More information on Data collection devices can be found here [Device set configuration](http://perk-software.cs.queensu.ca/plus/doc/nightly/user/Configuration.html). Hope this helps!