EM Medical Image Reconstruction in a Peer-to-Peer Systems

Medical image reconstruction remains a topic of interest to medical researchers. Although the algorithms have become more mature, one particular challenge has persisted over the decades: finding an economic and efficient computing system that can quickly perform image reconstructions. This paper presents a TCP/IP-based distributed computing system using P2P technology for iterative EM medical image reconstruction. It describes system architecture and implementation. It reports and discusses computational results from the sys- tem. This study explores the feasibility and applicability of large-scale compu- tation of iterative medical image reconstruction in a P2P and/or Grid environ- ment.

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