Cell/B.E. technology solutions for health care and life sciences

Medical imaging provides an in vivo, non-invasive lens to explore, evaluate, visualize and interpret data associated with human-body structures and processes. By "supercharging" compute-intensive applications, the Cell Broadband Engine™ (Cell/B.E.) processor provides speed and image quality as never before.

Cell/B.E. technology has applicability within medical imaging modalities (CT, PET, X-ray, ultrasound, MRI) by providing significant acceleration of image processing. Cell/B.E. technology along with advanced global engineering services can enable improved analysis of modality images, helping to transform the quality and efficiency of healthcare. Cell/B.E. technology promises to be at the forefront of enabling adjacent and emerging medical technologies such as image-guided surgery, 3-D medical simulation, 3-D mammography and advanced visualization.

	Mayo Clinic and IBM Score Significant Advance in Real-Time Medical Imaging

	Porting a medical imaging application to Cell Broadband Engine(651KB)

Real-Time Mutual-Information-Based Linear Registration on the Cell Broadband Engine Processor(242KB)

Ultrasound
	University of Washington to Demonstrate Computer Entertainment Technology for Medical Imaging Use

CT scan

	Implementation of the FDK algorithm for cone-beam CT on the Cell Broadband Engine architecture

	Tomographic Image Reconstruction using the Cell Broadband Engine General Purpose Hardware

	Platform for high-performance imaging and visualization