Title
A parallel algorithm for 3D reconstruction of angiographic images
Date Issued
01 January 1999
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Rivas R.
Ibàñez M.B.
Windyga P.
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Publisher(s)
Springer Verlag
Abstract
Accurate diagnosis and therapeutic evaluation of coronary dysfunction is possible by tri-dimensional (3D) visualization of Coronary arteries. Reconstruction based on bi-dimensional (2D) images can be presented as a discrete optimization problem. A blind search cannot be applied, instead a Branch-and-Bound algorithm is used to explore the state space and give an intermediate result. The heuristic information used is based on knowledge based filtering in coronagraphy. A sequential algorithm using suitable filters leads to implementations where the execution time is measured in days. In order to minimize the execution time we propose to apply parallel computing techniques. The critical issue in parallel search algorithms is the distribution of the search space among the processors. We propose a technique to compute the total amount of work units among the processors. The technique is based on the enlargement of segments (unitary threads) representing pieces of arteries. We achieve a good load balancing and the speedup obtained is nearly optimum.
Start page
168
End page
177
Volume
1593
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería médica Bioinformática
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84956866935
ISSN of the container
03029743
ISBN of the container
9783540658214
Conference
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics): 7th International Conference on High-Performance Computing and Networking, HPCN Europe 1999
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