Title :
A high-speed, voxel data processing computer architecture
Author :
Sallinen, S. ; Alakuijala, J. ; Helminen, H. ; Laitinen, J.
Author_Institution :
Varian-Dosetek Oy, Espoo, Finland
Abstract :
A new high-performance computer architecture aimed at the computationally intensive applications of biomedical volume data processing is proposed. It features reconfigurable computing elements and a novel memory architecture
Keywords :
computerised tomography; data visualisation; diagnostic radiography; medical image processing; parallel architectures; reconfigurable architectures; rendering (computer graphics); CT image slices; biomedical volume data processing; high-performance computer architecture; high-speed voxel data processing computer architecture; memory architecture; parallel processing; radiograph reconstruction; reconfigurable computing elements; volume rendering; Application software; Bandwidth; Biomedical computing; Casting; Computer architecture; Data processing; Diagnostic radiography; Image reconstruction; Memory architecture; Workstations;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 1995., IEEE 17th Annual Conference
Conference_Location :
Montreal, Que.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2475-7
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.1995.579460
