Parallel implementation of a nonrigid image registration algorithm for lung tumor boundary tracking in quasi real-time MRI

Annu Int Conf IEEE Eng Med Biol Soc. 2017 Jul:2017:325-328. doi: 10.1109/EMBC.2017.8036828.

Abstract

This study presents an accelerated implementation of a two-dimensional moving mesh point correspondence algorithm using a GPU for tracking mobile tumor boundaries during radiation therapy. Normal CPU implementation of this algorithm is computationally intensive and time-consuming which limits its clinical utility, hence the need for a faster GPU implementation. One of the computationally intensive parts of the registration algorithm involves numerically solving a partial differential equation. In this paper we demonstrate that the computational performance of the algorithms can be improved by utilizing a shared memory implementation on the GPU. Evaluations in comparison to 600 manually drawn contours showed that the proposed GPU-based tracking of the tumor boundaries yielded similar level of accuracy as the CPU based approach with improved computational efficiency.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Graphics
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging