@inbook{21646f8f83dd4dd488c24a84420b1556,
title = "FPGA-based computation of free-form deformations",
abstract = "This paper describes techniques for producing FPGA-based designs that support free-form deformation in medical image processing. The free-form deformation method is based on a B-spline algorithm for modelling three-dimensional deformable objects. We transform the nested loop in this algorithm to eliminate conditional statements, enabling the development of a fully pipelined design. Further optimisations include precalculation of the B-spline model using lookup tables, and deployment of multiple pipelines so that each covers a different image. Our design description, captured in the Handel-C language, is parameterisable at compile time to support a range of image resolutions and output precisions. An implementation on a Xilinx XC2V6000 device at 67MHz has a throughput which is 12.8 times faster than an Athlon based PC at 1400 MHz.",
author = "Jun Jiang and Wayne Luk and Daniel Rueckert",
year = "2003",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-540-45234-8_119",
language = "English",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer Verlag",
pages = "1057--1061",
editor = "Cheung, {Peter Y. K.} and Constantinides, {George A.} and {de Sousa}, {Jose T.}",
booktitle = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
}