GPU-based fast iterative reconstruction of fully 3-D PET Sinograms

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 58, Issue 5 PART 1, 2011, Pages 2257-2263

  Herraiz, J L ^a   Espana S ^a,b   Cabido, R ^c   Montemayor, A S ^c   Desco, M ^d,e   Vaquero, J J ^d   Udias, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

CUDA; graphics processing units; image reconstruction; positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION LAYER; BACKWARD PROJECTION; CODE RUNNING; CUDA; FIRST CODE; FULLY 3-D PET; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; ITERATIVE RECONSTRUCTION; LOSS OF ACCURACY; MESSAGE PASSING INTERFACE; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POSITRON EMISSION; RECONSTRUCTION PROCESS; SINOGRAM DATA; SINOGRAMS; SMALL ANIMAL PET; SYSTEM RESPONSE; TIME-CONSUMING PARTS;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER GRAPHICS EQUIPMENT; IMAGE CODING; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MESSAGE PASSING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 80054089616     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2011.2158113     Document Type: Article

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