Title :
A low power reprogrammable parallel processing VLSI architecture for computation of B-spline based medical image processing system for fast characterization of tiny objects suspended in cellular fluid
Author :
Mondal, Sabyasachi ; De, Arijit ; Biswas, P.K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., West Bengal, India
Abstract :
In this paper a novel medical image processing system is discussed. The core of the system is developed using a 16-bit fixed-point parallel architecture B-spline signal processing system. The statistical measure of finite word length effect is analytically developed. A modified algorithm for the reduced hardware reprogrammable interpolator has been designed. Finally some suitable modification in the hardware is made to reduce the power consumption.
Keywords :
VLSI; medical image processing; parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; roundoff errors; splines (mathematics); B-spline; VLSI architecture; cellular fluid; finite word length effect; fixed-point parallel architecture; hardware reprogrammable interpolator; medical image processing system; power consumption; reprogrammable parallel processing; signal processing system; statistical measurement; tiny object characterization; Biomedical image processing; Computer architecture; Concurrent computing; Hardware; Length measurement; Parallel architectures; Parallel processing; Signal processing algorithms; Spline; Very large scale integration;
Conference_Titel :
VLSI Design, 2005. 18th International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2264-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICVD.2005.17
