A PC-based fully-programmable medical ultrasound imaging system using agraphics processing unit

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 314-317

  Kim, Seokhyun ^a   Sohn, Hak Yeol ^a   Chang, Jin Ho ^a   Song, Tai Kyoung ^a   Yoo, Yangmo ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

beamforming; Graphics processing unit; programmable ultrasound imagingsystem; real time processing

Indexed keywords

ACQUISITION TIME; B-MODE IMAGES; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND; MEDICAL ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEMS; PC-BASED; PROCESSING UNITS; PROGRAMMABLE ULTRASOUND IMAGINGSYSTEM; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; RADIO-FREQUENCY DATUM; REAL-TIME PROCESSING; SANTA CLARA; SIEMENS; TIME STAMPS; ULTRASOUND SIGNAL; EXECUTION TIME; PROGRAMMABLE ULTRASOUND IMAGING SYSTEM; REAL TIME PERFORMANCE; REALTIME PROCESSING; SINGLE-BEAM; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; ULTRASOUND MACHINES;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; DIGITAL IMAGE STORAGE; HEALTH CARE; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEMS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONIC WAVES;

ULTRASONICS;

EID: 80054058570     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2010.5935662     Document Type: Conference Paper

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