High Performance GPU-Based Fourier Volume Rendering
Joint Authors
Abdellah, Marwan
Eldeib, Ayman
Sharawi, Amr
Source
International Journal of Biomedical Imaging
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-02-19
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Fourier volume rendering (FVR) is a significant visualization technique that has been used widely in digital radiography.
As a result of its O ( N 2 log N ) time complexity, it provides a faster alternative to spatial domain volume rendering algorithms that are O ( N 3 ) computationally complex.
Relying on the Fourier projection-slice theorem, this technique operates on the spectral representation of a 3D volume instead of processing its spatial representation to generate attenuation-only projections that look like X-ray radiographs.
Due to the rapid evolution of its underlying architecture, the graphics processing unit (GPU) became an attractive competent platform that can deliver giant computational raw power compared to the central processing unit (CPU) on a per-dollar-basis.
The introduction of the compute unified device architecture (CUDA) technology enables embarrassingly-parallel algorithms to run efficiently on CUDA-capable GPU architectures.
In this work, a high performance GPU-accelerated implementation of the FVR pipeline on CUDA-enabled GPUs is presented.
This proposed implementation can achieve a speed-up of 117x compared to a single-threaded hybrid implementation that uses the CPU and GPU together by taking advantage of executing the rendering pipeline entirely on recent GPU architectures.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Abdellah, Marwan& Eldeib, Ayman& Sharawi, Amr. 2015. High Performance GPU-Based Fourier Volume Rendering. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Abdellah, Marwan…[et al.]. High Performance GPU-Based Fourier Volume Rendering. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1065284
American Medical Association (AMA)
Abdellah, Marwan& Eldeib, Ayman& Sharawi, Amr. High Performance GPU-Based Fourier Volume Rendering. International Journal of Biomedical Imaging. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1065284
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1065284