Mon Jul 4 21:37:13 CEST 2011

AGILE: GPU Library for Image Reconstruction

The open source GPU Library AGILE (Environment for Linear and non-linear Image reconstruction using Gpu Acceleration) accelerates image reconstruction problems in medical imaging using the power of modern GPUs.

AGILE is based on CUDA (needs a Nvidia graphics card) and provides several features and a sophisticated template design. It also comes with some example code for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Fluorescence Tomography.

The first version of AGILE was recently released at the ISMRM [1] and can be downloaded at the Website of the Institute of Medical Engineering (Graz University of Technology).

I had the chance to work with the library prior to its release as part of a project on fast MRI image reconstruction. From the things I've seen while working on this project, I can say it's worth a look if you're interested in image reconstruction on GPUs.

[1] Knoll, F.; Freiberger, M.; Bredies, K.; Stollberger, R.: AGILE: An open source library for image reconstruction using graphics card hardware acceleration. Proc. Intl. Soc. Mag. Reson. Med. 19:2554 (2011).

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