An algorithm for efficient computation of spatial impulse response on the GPU with application in ultrasound simulation

Proceedings - International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 45-51

  Shams, Ramtin ^a   Luna, Florian ^b   Hartley, Richard I ^a,c  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b INP Grenoble ENSIMAG   (France)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

CUDA; Field II; GPU; Massively Multiprocessing; Spatial Impulse Response; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

CUDA; FIELD II; GPU; MASSIVELY MULTIPROCESSING; SPATIAL IMPULSE RESPONSE;

ALGORITHMS; IMPULSE RESPONSE; MACROS; MEDICAL IMAGING; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; ULTRASONICS;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 80055060855     PISSN: 19457928     EISSN: 19458452     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ISBI.2011.5872351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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