Designing and Implementing a Computing Framework for Image-Guided Radiation Therapy Research

Author

Fatyga, Mirek ; Baoshe Zhang ; Sleeman, William C.

Author_Institution

Virginia Commonwealth Univ., Richmond, VA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

4

fYear

2012

Firstpage

57

Lastpage

68

Abstract

Research computing in radiation therapy is transitioning from small-scale computing to large software systems. Accelerator-mounted imaging devices collect multiple images at every treatment fraction, creating datasets of hundreds of images per patient. Compounding this challenge is the fact that software infrastructure upgrades are difficult to manage in academic environments, due to inadequate experience in large-scale software development.

Keywords

medical image processing; radiation therapy; accelerator-mounted imaging devices; computing framework; image-guided radiation therapy research; large-scale software development; Biomedical applications of radiation; Biomedical image processing; Computational modeling; Object oriented programming; Programming; Scientific computing; Software engineering; Three dimensional displays; Biomedical applications of radiation; Biomedical image processing; Computational modeling; Object oriented programming; Programming; Scientific computing; Software engineering; Three dimensional displays; data abstraction; data mapping; design concepts; object-oriented programming; reusable libraries; scientific computing; software architecture;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computing in Science & Engineering

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1521-9615

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCSE.2011.75

Filename

5959141