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A Programmable Networked Processing Node for 3D Brain Vessels Reconstruction

Salvatore VitabileLeonard BarolliFilippo SorbelloCarmelo Militello

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Settore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle InformazioniVirtexbusiness.industryComputer scienceNode (networking)Iterative reconstructionDICOMMaximum intensity projectionMedical imagingMedical data processing 3D Brain Vessels Reconstruction embedded FPGA-based deviceComputer visionArtificial intelligenceField-programmable gate arraybusinessThroughput (business)Computer hardware

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Real-time 3D imaging represents a developing trend in medical imaging. However, most of the 3D medical imaging algorithms are computationally intensive. In this paper, a programmable networked node for 3D brain vessels reconstruction is proposed. Starting from 2D PC-MRA (Phase-Contrast Magnetic Resonance Angiography) sequences, the node is able to generate the 3D brain vasculature using the MIP (Maximum Intensity Projection) algorithm. The node has been prototyped on the Celoxica RC203E board, equipped with a Virtex II FPGA, to get the advantages of an hardware implementation, reaching a better throughput with respect to analogous software implementations. Its generality and programmable capabilities make the proposed node easy to be reprogrammed and customized with different medical imaging algorithms.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2011-09-01
10.1109/nbis.2011.50http://hdl.handle.net/10447/73193