Parallelization and runtime prediction of the ListMode OSEM algorithm for 3D PET reconstruction

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 2190-2195

  Schellmann, Maraike ^a,b   Kösters, Thomas ^a,b   Gorlatch, Sergei ^b  

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

DISTRIBUTED-MEMORY MACHINES; LM OSEM RUNTIMES;

IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION;

EID: 38649112965     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2006.354349     Document Type: Conference Paper

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