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Algorithm Brings Speedier, Safer CT Scans

Posted by Soulskill on Monday March 12, 2012 @08:10AM from the it's-never-lupus dept.

kenekaplan writes "Standard CT scanners can generate images of patient's body in less than five minutes today, but the radiation dose can be equal to about 70 chest X-rays. Lower-powered CT scans can be used in non-emergency situations, but it can take more than four days to produce those images. Intel and GE created an algorithm that speeds up a computer's ability to process the low radiation dose scans by 100x, from 100 hours per image to one hour."

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OpenCL || Intel add by Massacrifice · 2012-03-12 08:36 · Score: 3, Interesting

Sounds like a job for OpenCL. A GPU cluster would be much more scalable than using expensive Xeons. Which also makes this article sound like an add for Intel CPUs.

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Re:God damned stupid article by Anastomosis · 2012-03-12 09:04 · Score: 3, Interesting

Yes, we have a 256-slice scanner that we routinely use. It is excellent for cardiac studies, where speed of scanning is important to reduce motion artifact from cardiac motion.