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A Scalable FPGA-Based Custom Computing Machine for a Medical Image Processing
Napa, California September 22-September 24
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/FPGA.2002.110669510th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-P ...
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Takashi Yokota, Utsunomiya University
Masamichi Nagafuchi, Utsunomiya University
Yoshito Mekada, Nagoya University
Tsutomu Yoshinaga, The University of Electro-Communications
Kanemitsu Ootsu, Utsunomiya University
Takanobu Baba, Utsunomiya University
Concentration index filter is a kind of spatial filters of images, and its typical application is diagnosis from medical images. This paper presents a dedicated computing engine for concentration index filtering. Original algorithm is modified to extract full parallelism and data width is optimized for maximizing clock speed and minimizing hardware scale. Evaluation results reveal that the system runs 100 times faster than current workstation and enables real-time diagnosis.
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Takashi Yokota, Masamichi Nagafuchi, Yoshito Mekada, Tsutomu Yoshinaga, Kanemitsu Ootsu, Takanobu Baba, "A Scalable FPGA-Based Custom Computing Machine for a Medical Image Processing," fccm, pp.307, 10th Annual IEEE Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines (FCCM'02), 2002
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