Accelerating EPI Distortion Correction by Utilizing a Modern GPU-Based Parallel Computation

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 202-206

  Yang, Yao Hao ^a   Huang, Teng Yi ^a   Wang, Fu Nien ^b   Chuang, Tzu Chao ^c   Chen, Nan Kuei ^d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

EPI distortion; GPU; Parallel computing

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ECHO PLANAR IMAGING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IN VIVO STUDY; MODULATION; NEUROIMAGING; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; TIME;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFACTS; BRAIN; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; ECHO-PLANAR IMAGING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84876300079     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2011.00654.x     Document Type: Article

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