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Title: Developing a Massively Parallel Forward Projection Radiography Model for Large-Scale Industrial Applications

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1171557· OSTI ID:1171557
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  1. Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This project utilizes Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) to compute radiograph simulations for arbitrary objects. The generation of radiographs, also known as the forward projection imaging model, is computationally intensive and not widely utilized. The goal of this research is to develop a massively parallel algorithm that can compute forward projections for objects with a trillion voxels (3D pixels). To achieve this end, the data are divided into blocks that can each t into GPU memory. The forward projected image is also divided into segments to allow for future parallelization and to avoid needless computations.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; DHS
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
1171557
Report Number(s):
SAND2014-17037R; 536968
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English