A convolution-superposition dose calculation engine for GPUs

Medical Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1029-1037

  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

ACCELERATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CONVOLUTION; IMAGE CODING; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RADIOTHERAPY; SOLDERED JOINTS;

ADAPTIVE RADIATION THERAPIES; ATTRACTIVE SOLUTIONS; CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; CUDA; DOSE CALCULATION; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNITS (GPUS); INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; SCIENTIFIC APPLICATIONS;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 77749240465     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3301618     Document Type: Article

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