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Application of Optimized Parallel Processing Digital Computers and Numerical Approximation Methods to the Ultra-High Speed Three Dimensional Reconstruction of the Intact Thorax

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Current Topics in Cybernetics and Systems

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An advanced generation real-time three dimensional x-ray tomography unit will record projection data equivalent to 14,400 cross sections per second of operation. Computational support will be provided by an advanced-technology special purpose parallel pipeline computer which, at 1010 arithmetic operations/second, will reconstruct an entire cross section within 1–2 milliseconds.

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  1. Biodynamics Research Unit, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, 55901, USA

    B. K. Gilbert, L. M. Krueger, A. Chu & E. L. Ritman

  2. Electronics Systems Division, TRW Defense and Space Systems Group, Redondo Beach, California, 90278, USA

    E. E. Swartzlander Jr.

  3. Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, USA

    D. E. Atkins

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  1. W.O.G.S.C., Blackburn, UK

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Gilbert, B.K., Krueger, L.M., Swartzlander, E.E., Atkins, D.E., Chu, A., Ritman, E.L. (1978). Application of Optimized Parallel Processing Digital Computers and Numerical Approximation Methods to the Ultra-High Speed Three Dimensional Reconstruction of the Intact Thorax. In: Rose, J. (eds) Current Topics in Cybernetics and Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-93104-8_116

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