Speed up of an analytical algorithm for nonuniform attenuation correction by using PC video/graphics card architecture

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3 II, 2004, Pages 726-732

  Wen, Junhai ^a   Wang, Zigang ^a   Li, Bin ^a   Li, Tianfang ^a   Liang, Zhengrong ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical reconstruction; Nonuniform attenuation; PC video graphics card; Ray driven; Speed up

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ATTENUATION; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; INTEGRATION; OPTICAL COLLIMATORS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTONS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS;

ANALYTICAL RECONSTRUCTION; NONUNIFORM ATTENUATION; PC VIDEO/GRAPHICS CARD; RAY DRIVEN; SPEED UP;

POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 3342934257     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2004.829788     Document Type: Article

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