Parallel image reconstruction on MIMD computers for three-dimensional cone-beam tomography

摘要

This paper deals with the parallel implementation of reconstruction methods in three-di- mensional(3D)cone-beam tomography. Indeed, 3D reconstruction of realistic size volumes requires huge computer resources due to the voluminous data to handle, and the long pro- cessing times. Parallel computing, on MIMD computers, seems to be a good approach to manage this problem. In this study, we present different solutions for the parallelization of three conventional reconstruction methods, usable on a class of parallel computers.