Title
Parallel algorithm for 3D reconstruction of angiographic images
Date Issued
01 January 2000
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.
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 2D and 3D a priori knowledge. 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
533
End page
539
Volume
16
Issue
5
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias de la computación
Ingeniería médica
Bioinformática
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-0343081584
Source
Future Generation Computer Systems
ISSN of the container
0167739X
Sponsor(s)
This work has been supported by the project ITDC 139-82158 A2IM and Decanato de Investigación y Desarrollo USB (S1-CAI-13).
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