biostudies-literatureGomez AWellcome Trust100959https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7614027biostudies-literatureUnknown17We present PRETUS - a Plugin-based Real Time UltraSound software platform for live ultrasound image analysis and operator support. The software is lightweight; functionality is brought in via independent plug-ins that can be arranged in sequence. The software allows to capture the real-time stream of ultrasound images from virtually any ultrasound machine, applies computational methods and visualizes the results on-the-fly. Plug-ins can run concurrently without blocking each other. They can be implemented in C++ and Python. A graphical user interface can be implemented for each plug-in, and presented to the user in a compact way. The software is free and open source, and allows for rapid prototyping and testing of real-time ultrasound imaging methods in a manufacturer-agnostic fashion. TheSoftwareXPRETUS: A plug-in based platform for real-time ultrasound imaging research.PMC7614027102431102431/Z/13/Z220160/Z/20/Z203148Schnabel JDeng SWright RWheeler GMatthew JKainz BToussaint NZimmer VASkelton EHajnal JGomez AfalsePRETUS: A plug-in based platform for real-time ultrasound imaging research.We present PRETUS - a Plugin-based Real Time UltraSound software platform for live ultrasound image analysis and operator support. The software is lightweight; functionality is brought in via independent plug-ins that can be arranged in sequence. The software allows to capture the real-time stream of ultrasound images from virtually any ultrasound machine, applies computational methods and visualizes the results on-the-fly. Plug-ins can run concurrently without blocking each other. They can be implemented in C++ and Python. A graphical user interface can be implemented for each plug-in, and presented to the user in a compact way. The software is free and open source, and allows for rapid prototyping and testing of real-time ultrasound imaging methods in a manufacturer-agnostic fashion. The2022-01-01T00:00:00Z2022 Jan2025-04-04T02:25:22.159Z2025-04-04T02:25:22.159ZS-EPMC76140273661979810.1016/j.softx.2021.100959