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Area of Science:

  • Medical Imaging
  • Computer Science

Background:

  • Iterative reconstruction algorithms in computed tomography (CT) require efficient computation of ray-object intersections.
  • System matrix computation, crucial for forward projection and backprojection, is computationally intensive.
  • Graphical Processing Units (GPUs) offer potential for accelerating these computations due to their parallel processing capabilities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare different system matrix handling strategies for CT iterative reconstruction using a thin-ray model on GPUs.
  • To evaluate the performance trade-offs between full storage, on-the-fly computation, and partial storage of the system matrix.
  • To assess the impact of these strategies on forward projection, backprojection, and ordered-subsets convex (OSC) iteration times.

Main Methods:

  • Modeled the system matrix using thin rays intersecting a regular grid of box-shaped voxels.
  • Compared three system matrix handling methods: full storage, on-the-fly computation, and partial storage with partial on-the-fly computation.
  • Tested methods on geometries mimicking cone beam CT (CBCT) of a human head, measuring execution times on commodity GPU hardware.

Main Results:

  • Full storage of the system matrix resulted in the shortest backprojection and OSC iteration times, achieving a 1.52x acceleration for OSC compared to the on-the-fly approach.
  • On-the-fly computation was fastest for forward projection and offered flexibility, not requiring geometrical symmetries.
  • Partial storage showed performance similar to on-the-fly computation but still relied on symmetries.

Conclusions:

  • On-the-fly ray tracing is the most flexible method, providing reasonable execution times for CT iterative reconstruction on GPUs.
  • Full system matrix storage enables the fastest backprojection and OSC iteration, making it suitable for performance-critical applications.
  • Partial storage demonstrated the lowest relative performance among the compared strategies.