Evaluation of the Reconfiguration of the Data Acquisition System for 3D USCT
| Title: | Evaluation of the Reconfiguration of the Data Acquisition System for 3D USCT |
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| Authors: | Matthias Birk, Clemens Hagner, Matthias Balzer, Nicole V. Ruiter, Michael Hübner, Jürgen Becker |
| Source: | International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing, Vol 2011 (2011) |
| Publisher Information: | Hindawi Limited, 2011. |
| Publication Year: | 2011 |
| Collection: | LCC:Computer engineering. Computer hardware |
| Subject Terms: | Computer engineering. Computer hardware, TK7885-7895 |
| More Details: | As today's standard screening methods often fail to diagnose breast cancer before metastases have developed, an earlier breast cancer diagnosis is still a major challenge. To improve this situation, we are currently developing a fully three-dimensional ultrasound computer tomography (3D USCT) system, promising high-quality volume images of the breast. For obtaining these images, a time-consuming reconstruction has to be performed. As this is currently done on a PC, parallel processing in reconfigurable hardware could accelerate both signal and image processing. In this work, we investigated the suitability of an existing data acquisition (DAQ) system for further computation tasks. The reconfiguration features of the embedded FPGAs have been exploited to enhance the systems functionality. We have adapted the DAQ system to allow for bidirectional communication and to provide an overall process control. Our results show that the studied system can be applied for data processing. |
| Document Type: | article |
| File Description: | electronic resource |
| Language: | English |
| ISSN: | 1687-7195 1687-7209 |
| Relation: | https://doaj.org/toc/1687-7195; https://doaj.org/toc/1687-7209 |
| DOI: | 10.1155/2011/952937 |
| Access URL: | https://doaj.org/article/7a450c68c34b428f862ef4092c9ce341 |
| Accession Number: | edsdoj.7a450c68c34b428f862ef4092c9ce341 |
| Database: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
| ISSN: | 16877195 16877209 |
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| DOI: | 10.1155/2011/952937 |
| Published in: | International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing |
| Language: | English |