Title :
A benchmark of clinical PET using GATE simulation on the computing Grid
Author :
Toufique, Y. ; Cherkaoui El Moursli, R. ; Kaci, M. ; El Kharrim, A. ; Merrouch, R.
Author_Institution :
Lab. of Nucl. Phys., Univ. of Mohammed V-Agdal, Rabat, Morocco
Abstract :
The simulation of a real experiment using a GATEmodeled clinical Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanner, namely PHILIPS Allegro, has been carried out using the Moroccan computing Grid infrastructure, MaGrid. In order to reduce the computing time, the PET simulation tasks are split into several jobs submitted to the Grid to run simultaneously. The splitting technique and merging the outputs are discussed. Results of the simulation are presented and good agreements are observed with experimental data.
Keywords :
grid computing; medical image processing; positron emission tomography; simulation; GATE simulation; MaGrid; Moroccan computing grid infrastructure; PHILIPS Allegro; clinical PET scanner; positron emission tomography scanner; Biomedical imaging; Computational modeling; Crystals; Data models; Detectors; Logic gates; Positron emission tomography; GATE; Grid Computing; Monte Carlo simulation; Positron Emission Tomography; splitting;
Conference_Titel :
Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA), 2013 ACS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Ifrane
DOI :
10.1109/AICCSA.2013.6616504
