Fast convolution-superposition dose calculation on graphics hardware

Medical Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1998-2005

  Hissoiny, Sami ^a   Ozell, Benòt ^a   Despŕs, Philippe ^b,c  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Convolution superposition; CUDA; Dose calculation; GPU

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; CONVOLUTION; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

CLINICAL ENVIRONMENTS; CUDA; DELIVERY TECHNIQUES; DOSE CALCULATION; MASSIVELY PARALLELS; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; OPTIMIZATION STRATEGY; STREAMING ARCHITECTURE;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVOLUTION SUPERPOSITION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DOSIMETRY; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; VELOCITY;

EID: 66449107152     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3120286     Document Type: Article

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