Title :
Improving Startup Performance for a Medical Image Viewing Application
Author :
Zhu, Yang-Ming ; Ahuja, Madhavi ; Wu, Xiangyu ; Dauterman, Chris ; Chen, Cheng-Hsiu ; Sukalac, Ron ; Cochoff, Steve
Abstract :
Combining information from various medical imaging modalities can help improve patient care. However, it can also result in long startup times, which can be significantly improved by using optimization techniques.
Keywords :
image registration; medical image processing; patient care; sensor fusion; image fusion; image registration; medical image viewing application; optimization techniques; patient care; startup performance; Assembly; Biomedical imaging; Computed tomography; Fuses; Image storage; Medical diagnostic imaging; Medical services; Optical imaging; Positron emission tomography; Whole-body PET; .NET Framework; and loading; asynchronous reads; creation; data compression; lazy initialization; medical imaging; multithreading; native image; performance perception; performance tuning; start-up performance;
Journal_Title :
IT Professional
DOI :
10.1109/MITP.2008.31
