First Evaluation of FPGA Reconfiguration for 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography

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  • M. Birk
چکیده

Three-dimensional ultrasound computer tomography is a new imaging method for early breast cancer diagnosis. It promises reproducible images of the female breast in a high quality. However, it requires a time-consuming image reconstruction, which is currently executed on one PC. Parallel processing in reconfigurable hardware could accelerate signal and image processing. This paper evaluates the applicability of the FPGAbased data acquisition (DAQ) system for computing tasks by exploiting reconfiguration features of the FPGAs. The obtained results show, that the studied DAQ system can be applied for data processing. The system had to be adapted for bidirectional data transfer and process control. Keywords-Altera FPGAs, Reconfigurable Computing, 3D Ultrasound Computer Tomography

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تاریخ انتشار 2010