Credit:

Fabrice Poupon <[email protected]>
Antoine Grigis <[email protected]>

The Gadgetron is an open source framework for medical image reconstruction. It has been developed at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA and at the Department of Computer Science and Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Denmark.

Here is a procedure to install the gadgetron on your CEA Windows 7 professional computer.

1. Install Virtual clone drive (both utilities) from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/VirtualCloneDrive-5.5/SetupVirtualCloneDrive5500.exe

2. Configure your file browser: Option des dossiers et de recherche -> Affichage -> décocher utiliser assistant partage.

3. Install Visual Studio 2008 Express in 'C:MSVS2008' (problem with SQL server install -> uncheck) from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/VS2008-Express-withSP1/vcsetup.exe

4. Install KB2538243 patch from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/Windows-redistributables/KB2538243/vcredist_x64.exe

5. Install redistributable 8.0.50727.42 VC++-2005 x86 from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/Windows-redistributables/redistVC2005-8.0.50727.42/vcredist_x86.exe

6. Install Microsoft Windows SDK 6.1 in 'C:WinSDKWindowsv6.1' (install custom, select developer Tools, default) from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/WindowsSDK-v6.1/Setup.exe

7. Install Windows driver kit 7.1 using Virtual Clone Drive from:

   ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/WindowsWDDK-7.1/GRMWDK_EN_7600_1.ISO

8. File manipulation:

   • Create folders 'atlmfcinclude' and 'atlmfclibamd64' in 'C:MSVS2008VC'.

   • Copy 'Wddkincatl71' and 'Wddkincmfc42' folders content in 'MSVS2008VCatlmfcinclude':

     • atlconv.h (keep atl)
     • atldef.h (keep atl)

   • Copy 'Wddklibatli386' and 'Wddklibmfci386' folders content in 'MSVS2008VCatlmfclib'.

   • Copy 'Wddklibatlamd64' and 'Wddklibmfcamd64' folders content in 'MSVS2008VCatlmfclibamd64'.

9. Activate the virtualization in the BIOS settings if not already activated: VT-x/AMD-V; SVM (Secure Virtual Machine).

10. Install NSIS from:

    ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/NSIS/nsis-2.50-setup.exe

11. Install NSIS editor from:

    ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/NSIS/nisedit2.0.3.exe

12. Install IDEA using Virtual Clone Drive from:

    ftp://ftp.cea.fr/pub/unati/gadgetron/Siemens-IDEA-VE11/IDEA_VE11B.iso

    Create a shortcut from 'C:MIDEAbinIDEA.cmd' to the desktop (IDEA.Net) and update icon.

13. Change the mont type from 'cifs' to 'vboxsf':

    • Edit file 'C:MIDEAN4_VE11B_LATEST_20150530n4pkgMrApplicationsMrIDEAVMAddonsmntview.sh':

      • 144: MountType=vboxsf
      • 225: options=""
      • 224: mountSource=$shareName

    • Add a 'SnapshotView' shared folder to VB mars machine pointing to 'C:MIDEAN4_VE11B_LATEST_20150530'. Edit 'C:MIDEAVM_VE11B.VirtualBoxMachinesmarsmars.xml':

      • 53:

        <SharedFolders>
            <SharedFolder name="SnapshotView" hostPath="C:\MIDEA\N4_VE11B_LATEST_20150530" writable="true"/>
        </SharedFolders>
        

14. First execution of the 'IDEA.Net' application, select scanner:

    sys
    select PRISMA-XR (3)