Accelerating statistical image reconstruction algorithms for fan-beam x-ray CT using cloud computing

Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE

Volumn 7961, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Srivastava, Somesh ^a,b   Rao, A Ravishankar ^a   Sheinin, Vadim ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cloud computing; Statistical image reconstruction algorithms; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

BACKPROJECTOR; COMMUNICATION OVERHEADS; COMPUTATION POWER; COMPUTATION RESOURCES; COMPUTING HARDWARE; COMPUTING SERVICES; CPU TIME; CT SCANNERS; EXTRA COMPUTATIONS; FAN BEAMS; LOW COSTS; MAP-REDUCE; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; PARALLELIZATIONS; PAY-AS-YOU-GO; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; STATISTICAL IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION ALGORITHMS; TIME-CONSUMING PARTS; X-RAY COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; X-RAY CT;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MEDICAL IMAGING; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; SCANNING; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAYS;

CLOUD COMPUTING;

EID: 79955774089     PISSN: 16057422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.877877     Document Type: Conference Paper

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