@inproceedings{0253adc9691242d5a900c93191346f85,
title = "Accelerating iterative field-compensated MR image reconstruction on GPUs",
abstract = "We propose a fast implementation for iterative MR image reconstruction using Graphics Processing Units (GPU). In MRI, iterative reconstruction with conjugate gradient algorithms allows for accurate modeling the physics of the imaging system. Specifically, methods have been reported to compensate for the magnetic field inhomogeneity induced by the susceptibility differences near the air/tissue interface in human brain (such as orbitofrontal cortex). Our group has previously presented an algorithm for field inhomogeneity compensation using magnetic field map and its gradients. However, classical iterative reconstruction algorithms are computationally costly, and thus significantly increase the computation time. To remedy this problem, one can utilize the fact that these iterative MR image reconstruction algorithms are highly parallelizable. Therefore, parallel computational hardware, such as GPU, can dramatically improve their performance. In this work, we present an implementation of our field inhomogeneity compensation technique using NVIDA CUDA(Compute Unified Device Architecture)-enabled GPU. We show that the proposed implementation significantly reduces the computation times around two orders of magnitude (compared with non-GPU implementation) while accurately compensating for field inhomogeneity.",
keywords = "Conjugate gradient, CUDA, Field inhomogeneity, GPU, Iterative reconstruction, MRI",
author = "Yue Zhuo and Wu, {Xiao Long} and Haldar, {Justin P.} and Hwu, {Wen Mei} and Liang, {Zhi Pei} and Sutton, {Bradley P.}",
year = "2010",
month = aug,
day = "9",
doi = "10.1109/ISBI.2010.5490112",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9781424441266",
series = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 - Proceedings",
pages = "820--823",
booktitle = "2010 7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging",
note = "7th IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging: From Nano to Macro, ISBI 2010 ; Conference date: 14-04-2010 Through 17-04-2010",
}