• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 14, Issue 7, 071701 (2016)
Shenghan Ren, Xueli Chen, Xu Cao, Shouping Zhu, and Jimin Liang*
Author Affiliations
  • Engineering Research Center of Molecular and Neuro Imaging of Ministry of Education & School of Life Science and Technology, Xidian University, Xi’an 710071, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201614.071701 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Shenghan Ren, Xueli Chen, Xu Cao, Shouping Zhu, Jimin Liang. GPU accelerated simplified harmonic spherical approximation equations for three-dimensional optical imaging[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(7): 071701 Copy Citation Text show less
    Flowchart of the GPU-accelerated framework for the SPN equations.
    Fig. 1. Flowchart of the GPU-accelerated framework for the SPN equations.
    Kernel function of matrix-vector multiplication for the CSR sparse matrix format using 32 thread warp per matrix row.
    Fig. 2. Kernel function of matrix-vector multiplication for the CSR sparse matrix format using 32 thread warp per matrix row.
    Phantoms used in accuracy validation: (a) homogeneous cylindrical phantom. (b) Digital mouse model based phantom. (c) and (d) comparative results between the GPU-accelerated SPN equations (N=1, 3, 5, and 7) and the MC method of the homogeneous cylindrical phantom and digital mouse, respectively.
    Fig. 3. Phantoms used in accuracy validation: (a) homogeneous cylindrical phantom. (b) Digital mouse model based phantom. (c) and (d) comparative results between the GPU-accelerated SPN equations (N=1, 3, 5, and 7) and the MC method of the homogeneous cylindrical phantom and digital mouse, respectively.
    (a) Speed-up ratio of the total processing time using the GPU-accelerated SPN method over the CPU-based one. (b) Speed-up ratio of the GPU-accelerated CG solver over the CPU one for solving the system matrix of SP7 equations.
    Fig. 4. (a) Speed-up ratio of the total processing time using the GPU-accelerated SPN method over the CPU-based one. (b) Speed-up ratio of the GPU-accelerated CG solver over the CPU one for solving the system matrix of SP7 equations.
    Tissueμa (mm1)μs (mm1)gn
    Muscle0.116364.67350.91.37
    Liver0.470786.9990.91.37
    Lung0.2629636.8180.941.37
    Heart0.078596.71040.851.37
    Kidney0.0881116.8460.861.37
    Stomach0.0150418.4970.921.37
    Table 1. Optical Properties of Digital Mouse Phantom at the Wavelength of 650 nm, including Absorption Coefficient (μa), Scattering Coefficient (μs), Anisotropy Coefficient (g), and Refractive Index (n)
    Shenghan Ren, Xueli Chen, Xu Cao, Shouping Zhu, Jimin Liang. GPU accelerated simplified harmonic spherical approximation equations for three-dimensional optical imaging[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2016, 14(7): 071701
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