Grid enabled magnetic resonance scanners for near real-time medical image processing

Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing

Volumn 66, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1524-1533

  Crane, Jason C ^a   Crawford, Forrest W ^a   Nelson, Sarah J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Grids; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medical imaging; Scientific instrumentation; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDICAL IMAGING; PATIENT TREATMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

GRAPHICAL SOFTWARE TOOL; PARALLEL RECONSTRUCTION; PATIENT CARE; SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTATION;

SCANNING;

EID: 33751014820     PISSN: 07437315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpdc.2006.03.009     Document Type: Article

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