Universal image processing
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1. A universal image processing method, comprising:
- acquiring image data in a processing system from an imaging device, the imaging device being one of a plurality of imaging devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate; and
prefiltering the image data;
reconstructing an image from the image data;
analyzing the image;
providing feedback to the imaging device in response to at least one of the reconstructing and the analyzing; and
visualizing the image on a display device, the display device being one of a plurality of display devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a universal and centralized image (e.g., medical, bio-molecular, etc.) processing system platform. The invention permits sharing both computation and visualization across a single universal platform, thus allowing for sharing of computing resources and visualization of images on a variety of imaging (client) devices without high-performance graphical display cards. In a typical embodiment a (e.g., medical) image 2D linear registration algorithm is implemented on a Cell Broadband Engine processor, which has nine processor cores on a chip and has a 4-way SIMD unit for each core.
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20 Claims
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1. A universal image processing method, comprising:
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acquiring image data in a processing system from an imaging device, the imaging device being one of a plurality of imaging devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate; and prefiltering the image data; reconstructing an image from the image data; analyzing the image; providing feedback to the imaging device in response to at least one of the reconstructing and the analyzing; and visualizing the image on a display device, the display device being one of a plurality of display devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A universal image processing system, comprising:
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a module for acquiring image data in a processing system from an imaging device, the imaging device being one of a plurality of imaging devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate; and a module for prefiltering the image data; a module for reconstructing an image from the image data; a module for analyzing the image; a module for providing feedback to the imaging device; and a module for visualizing the image. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for universally processing an image, the program product comprising program code for causing a computer system to:
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acquire image data in a processing system from an imaging device, the imaging device being one of a plurality of imaging devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate; and prefilter the image data; reconstruct an image from the image data; analyze the image; provide feedback to the imaging device; and visualize the image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for deploying a system for universally processing an image, comprising:
providing a computer infrastructure being operable to; acquire image data in a processing system from an imaging device, the imaging device being one of a plurality of imaging devices with which the processing system is configured to communicate; and prefilter the image data; reconstruct an image from the image data; analyze the image; provide feedback to the imaging device; and visualize the image.
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