Ultrafast convolution/superposition using tabulated and exponential kernels on GPU

Medical Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1150-1161

  Chen, Quan ^a   Chen, Mingli ^a   Lu, Weiguo ^a  

^a TOMOTHERAPY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

convolution superposition; dose calculation; exponential kernels; GPU; tabulated kernels; treatment planning

Indexed keywords

CONVOLUTION;

CONVOLUTION/SUPERPOSITION; CUMULATIVE-CUMULATIVE KERNELS; DOSE CALCULATION; EXPONENTIAL KERNELS; GRAPHIC PROCESSING UNIT(GPU); TABULATED KERNELS; TIME SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT;

EID: 79952124976     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.3551996     Document Type: Article

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