Fast CT image processing using parallelized non-local means

Journal of Medical and Biological Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 437-441

  Wu, Hao ^a   Zhang, Wenhua ^b   Gao, Dazhi ^c   Yin, Xindao ^d   Chen, Yang ^e   Wang, Weidong ^a  

^a CHINESE PLA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Chengdu Military Region   (China)

^c NANJING GENERAL HOSPITAL OF NANJING MILITARY COMMAND   (China)

^d THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compute unified device architecture (CUDA) parallel computing; Contrast to noise ratio (CNR); Low dose; Parallelized non local means (PNM); Standard dose; X ray tube current

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST TO NOISE RATIO; LOW DOSE; NONLOCAL; STANDARD-DOSE; X-RAY TUBE CURRENT;

PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; SCANNING; TISSUE; TOMOGRAPHY; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; IMAGE PROCESSING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PARALLELIZED NONLOCAL MEANS; PHANTOM; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

EID: 81555209837     PISSN: 16090985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5405/jmbe.866     Document Type: Article

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