GPU‐based prompt gamma ray imaging from boron neutron capture therapy
Purpose: The purpose of this research is to perform the fast reconstruction of a prompt gamma ray image using a graphics processing unit (GPU) computation from boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) simulations. Methods: To evaluate the accuracy of the reconstructed image, a phantom including four bor...
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Published in: | Medical physics (Lancaster) Vol. 42; no. 1; pp. 165 - 169 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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United States
American Association of Physicists in Medicine
01-01-2015
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Summary: | Purpose:
The purpose of this research is to perform the fast reconstruction of a prompt gamma ray image using a graphics processing unit (GPU) computation from boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT) simulations.
Methods:
To evaluate the accuracy of the reconstructed image, a phantom including four boron uptake regions (BURs) was used in the simulation. After the Monte Carlo simulation of the BNCT, the modified ordered subset expectation maximization reconstruction algorithm using the GPU computation was used to reconstruct the images with fewer projections. The computation times for image reconstruction were compared between the GPU and the central processing unit (CPU). Also, the accuracy of the reconstructed image was evaluated by a receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.
Results:
The image reconstruction time using the GPU was 196 times faster than the conventional reconstruction time using the CPU. For the four BURs, the area under curve values from the ROC curve were 0.6726 (A‐region), 0.6890 (B‐region), 0.7384 (C‐region), and 0.8009 (D‐region).
Conclusions:
The tomographic image using the prompt gamma ray event from the BNCT simulation was acquired using the GPU computation in order to perform a fast reconstruction during treatment. The authors verified the feasibility of the prompt gamma ray image reconstruction using the GPU computation for BNCT simulations. |
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Bibliography: | Telephone: +82‐2‐2258‐7232; Fax: +82‐2‐2258‐7506. Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. Electronic mail suhsanta@catholic.ac.kr ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 0094-2405 2473-4209 |
DOI: | 10.1118/1.4903265 |