Hybrid GATE: A GPU/CPU implementation for imaging and therapy applications

IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 2247-2250

  Bert, Julien ^a   Perez Ponce, Hector ^b   Jan, Sebastien ^c   El Bitar, Ziad ^d   Gueth, Pierre ^e   Cuplov, Vesna ^c   Chekatt, Hocine ^d   Benoit, Didier ^f   Sarrut, David ^e   Boursier, Yannick ^b   Brasse, David ^d   Buvat, Irene ^f   Morel, Christian ^b   Visvikis, Dimitris ^a  

^a Universite de Bretagne Occidentale   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c DIF   (France)

^d CENTRE DE CALCUL DE L INSTITUT NATIONAL DE PHYSIQUE NUCLEAIRE ET DE PHYSIQUE DES PARTICULES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^f Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION FACTORS; CLINICAL PRACTICES; COMPUTATIONAL RESOURCES; COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTIONS; GRAPHICS PROCESSING UNIT; MONTE-CARLO SIMULATIONS; OPTICAL IMAGING; PARTICLE THERAPY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MEDICAL IMAGING; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

MEDICAL APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84881591845     PISSN: 10957863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/NSSMIC.2012.6551511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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