Title :
A transputer-based `list mode´ parallel system for digital radiography with 2D silicon detectors
Author :
Conti, Maurizio ; Del Guerra, Albert0 ; Mazzeo, Antonino ; Mazzocca, Nicola ; Russo, Paolo ; Russo, Stefano ; Scarlatella, Antonio
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Napoli Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The authors believe that a dedicated parallel computer system can represent an effective and flexible approach to the problem of list mode acquisition and reconstruction of digital radiographic images obtained with a double-sided silicon microstrip detector. They present a transputer-based implementation of a parallel system for data acquisition and image reconstruction from a silicon crystal with 200 μm read-out pitch. They are currently developing a prototype of the system connected to a detector with a 10 mm2 sensitive area
Keywords :
biomedical equipment; data acquisition; diagnostic radiography; image reconstruction; medical image processing; parallel processing; transputer systems; 200 micron; 2D Si detectors; Si; data acquisition; dedicated parallel computer system; digital radiography; double-sided Si microstrip detector; image reconstruction; medical diagnostic imaging; transputer-based list made parallel system; Clocks; Concurrent computing; Data acquisition; Detectors; Image reconstruction; Microstrip; Parallel architectures; Prototypes; Radiography; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference, 1992., Conference Record of the 1992 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0884-0
DOI :
10.1109/NSSMIC.1992.301483
