title: Parallel segmentation and rendering using clusters of PCs.
abstract: Clinics have to deal currently with hundreds of 3D images a day. 3D Medical Images contain a huge amount of data, and thus, very expensive and powerful systems are required in order to process them. The present work shows the features of a software parallel computing package developed at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, under the European Project HIPERCIR. http:¿hiperttn.upv.es/hipercir. Project HIPERCIR is aimed at reducing the time and requirements for processing and visualising 3D images with low-cost solutions, such as networks of PCs running standard operating systems (Windows 95/98/NT). This project is being developed by a consortium formed by medical image processing and parallel computing experts from the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), experts on biomedical software and radiology clinic experts.
authors.affiliation: Dpto. de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain. iblanque@dsic.upv.es
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Blanquer
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Hernández
authors.forename: F J
authors.initials: FJ
authors.lastname: Ramírez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vidal
mesh_terms: D003199:Computer Systems; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008838:Microcomputers; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface