Applying a PC accelerator board for medical imaging

Author

Gray, J. ; Grenzow, F. ; Siedband, M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Med. Phys., Wisconsin Univ., Madison, WI, USA

Volume

9

Issue

3

fYear

1990

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

63

Abstract

An AT-compatible computer was used to expand X-ray images that had been compressed and stored on optical data cards. Initially, execution time for expansion of a single X-ray image was 25 min. The requirements were for an expansion time of under 10 s and costs of under $1000 for computing hardware. This meant a computational speed increase of over 150 times was needed. Tests showed that incorporating an 80287 coprocessor would only give a speed increase of five times. The DSP32-PC-160 floating-point accelerator board was selected as a cost-effective solution to the need for more computing power. This board provided adequate processor speed, onboard memory, and data bus width; floating-point math precision; and a high-level language compiler for code development.<>

Keywords

add-on boards; computerised picture processing; diagnostic radiography; medical diagnostic computing; microcomputer applications; AT-compatible computer; PC accelerator board; X-ray images; code development; computational speed; data bus width; floating-point accelerator board; floating-point math precision; high-level language compiler; medical imaging; onboard memory; optical data cards; processor speed; Biomedical imaging; Biomedical optical imaging; Coprocessors; Costs; Hardware; High level languages; Image coding; Optical computing; Testing; X-ray imaging;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Engineering in Medicine and Biology Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0739-5175

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/51.59216

Filename

59216