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Gadgetron: an open source framework for medical image reconstruction.

Michael Schacht Hansen¹, Thomas Sangild Sørensen

¹Division of Intramural Research, National Heart Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA. michael.hansen@nih.gov

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

|July 14, 2012

Summary

The Gadgetron is a new open-source framework for medical image reconstruction. It enables flexible, reusable data processing pipelines for faster and more efficient image generation.

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Area of Science:

Medical Imaging
Computational Science
Software Engineering

Background:

Medical image reconstruction is computationally intensive.
Existing frameworks lack flexibility and modularity.
Need for efficient, shareable reconstruction tools.

Purpose of the Study:

Introduce the Gadgetron, an open-source framework for medical image reconstruction.
Provide a flexible, streaming data processing pipeline architecture.
Facilitate module reuse and the addition of new reconstruction functionalities.

Main Methods:

Developed a streaming data processing pipeline architecture using configurable modules ('Gadgets').
Implemented dynamic run-time configuration via extensible markup language.
Enabled C/C++ and Python (via wrappers) for Gadget development.
Integrated generic toolboxes for data-parallel (GPU) execution.

Main Results:

The Gadgetron framework supports modularity and code reuse.
New reconstruction modules can be added via a plugin-like architecture.
Demonstrated application to Cartesian and non-Cartesian parallel magnetic resonance imaging.

Conclusions:

The Gadgetron offers a flexible and extensible platform for medical image reconstruction.
Its modular design promotes efficient development and sharing of reconstruction algorithms.
The framework is applicable across various medical imaging modalities, with a focus on MRI.