Medical image processing on the GPU–Past, present and future
Graphics processing units (GPUs) are used today in a wide range of applications, mainly
because they can dramatically accelerate parallel computing, are affordable and energy …
because they can dramatically accelerate parallel computing, are affordable and energy …
Simultaneous quantitative imaging of two PET radiotracers via the detection of positron–electron annihilation and prompt gamma emissions
In conventional positron emission tomography (PET), only one radiotracer can be imaged at
a time, because all PET isotopes produce the same two 511 keV annihilation photons. Here …
a time, because all PET isotopes produce the same two 511 keV annihilation photons. Here …
Fast patch-based pseudo-CT synthesis from T1-weighted MR images for PET/MR attenuation correction in brain studies
A Torrado-Carvajal, JL Herraiz, E Alcain… - Journal of Nuclear …, 2016 - Soc Nuclear Med
Attenuation correction in hybrid PET/MR scanners is still a challenging task. This paper
describes a methodology for synthesizing a pseudo-CT volume from a single T1-weighted …
describes a methodology for synthesizing a pseudo-CT volume from a single T1-weighted …
Hardware architectures for real-time medical imaging
Medical imaging is considered one of the most important advances in the history of medicine
and has become an essential part of the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Earlier …
and has become an essential part of the diagnosis and treatment of patients. Earlier …
System models for PET statistical iterative reconstruction: A review
A Iriarte, R Marabini, S Matej, COS Sorzano… - … Medical Imaging and …, 2016 - Elsevier
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a nuclear imaging modality that provides in vivo
quantitative measurements of the spatial and temporal distribution of compounds labeled …
quantitative measurements of the spatial and temporal distribution of compounds labeled …
Streaming BP for non-linear motion compensation SAR imaging based on GPU
S Jun, M Long, Z Xiaoling - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a high-quality imaging method for non-linear motion SAR, back projection (BP)
algorithm's huge computational cost hinders its applications. In recent years, the emergence …
algorithm's huge computational cost hinders its applications. In recent years, the emergence …
Deep-learning based positron range correction of PET images
Featured Application This work demonstrates that a trained deep neural network is able to
accurately correct the blurring present in PET images when using radionuclides with large …
accurately correct the blurring present in PET images when using radionuclides with large …
Distributed MLEM: An iterative tomographic image reconstruction algorithm for distributed memory architectures
The processing speed for positron emission tomography (PET) image reconstruction has
been greatly improved in recent years by simply dividing the workload to multiple processors …
been greatly improved in recent years by simply dividing the workload to multiple processors …
Reconstruction of multi-animal PET acquisitions with anisotropically variant PSF
F Arias-Valcayo, P Galve, JL Herraiz… - Biomedical Physics …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Among other factors such as random, attenuation and scatter corrections, uniform spatial
resolution is key to performing accurate quantitative studies in Positron emission …
resolution is key to performing accurate quantitative studies in Positron emission …