Publications

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A Reference Image Database Approach for NLM Filter-Regularized CT Reconstruction W. Xu, K. Mueller Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine  Potsdam, Germany, July, 2011
GPU-Accelerated Back-Projection Revisited: Squeezing Performance by Careful Tuning E. Papenhausen, Z. Zheng, K. Mueller Workshop on High Performance Image Reconstruction (HPIR)   Potsdam, Germany, July, 2011
Identifying Sets of Favorable Projections for Few-View Low-Dose Cone-Beam CT Scanning Z. Zheng, K. Mueller Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Potsdam, Germany, July, 2011
Performance Tuning for CUDA-Accelerated Neighborhood Denoising Filters Z. Zheng, W. Xu, K. Mueller Workshop on High Performance Image Reconstruction (HPIR)  Potsdam, Germany, July, 2011
Efficiently GPU-Accelerating Long Kernel Projections in 3-D DIRECT TOF PET Reconstruction via a Memory Cache Optimization S. Ha, S. Matej, K. Mueller Workshop on High Performance Image Reconstruction (HPIR) Potsdam, Germany, July, 2011
Evaluating Popular Non-Linear Image Processing Filters for their Use in Regularized Iterative CT W. Xu, K. Mueller IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Knoxville, TN, October, 2010
A Cache-Aware GPU Memory Scheduling Scheme for CT Reconstruction Back-Projection Z. Zheng, K. Mueller IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Knoxville, TN, October, 2010
Efficiently GPU-Accelerating Long Kernel Convolutions in 3-D DIRECT TOF PET Reconstruction via a Kernel Decomposition Scheme S. Ha, Z. Zhang, S. Matej, K. Mueller IEEE Medical Imaging Conference Knoxville, TN, October, 2010
High-Performance Iterative Electron Tomography Reconstruction with Long-Object Compensation using Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) W. Xu, F. Xu, M. Jones, B. Keszthelyi, J. Sedat, D. Agard, K. Mueller Journal of Structural Biology 171(2):142-153, 2010
Refraction Corrected Transmission Ultrasound Computed Tomography for Application in Breast Imaging S. Li, M. Jackowski, T. Varslot, D. Dione, L. Staib, K. Mueller Medical Physics 37(5):2233-2246, 2010
On the Efficiency of Iterative Ordered Subset Reconstruction Algorithms for Acceleration on GPUs F. Xu, W. Xu, M. Jones, B. Keszthelyi, J. Sedat, D. Agard, K. Mueller Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine 98(3):261-270, 2010
GPU-Based Ultrafast IMRT Plan Optimization C. Men, X. Gu, D. Choi, A. Majundar. Z. Zheng, K. Mueller, S. Jiang Physics in Medicine and Biology 54, pp. 6565-6573, 2009
Optimal Sampling Lattices for High-Fidelity CT Reconstruction F. Xu and K. Mueller IEEE Medical Imaging Comference Orlando, FL, October, 2009
Learning Effective Parameter Settings for Iterative CT Reconstruction Algorithms W. Xu, K. Mueller Fully 3D Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine Beijing, China, September, 2009
A Performance-Driven Study of Regularization Methods for GPU-Accelerated Iterative CT W. Xu, K. Mueller Workshop on High Performance Image Reconstruction (HPIR) Beijing, China, September, 2009
Accelerating Regularized Iterative CT Reconstruction on Commodity Graphics Hardware (GPU) W. Xu, K. Mueller IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI) Boston, MA, July, 2009

On the Efficiency of Iterative Ordered Subset Reconstruction Algorithms for Acceleration on GPUs F. Xu, K. Mueller, M. Jones, B. Keszthelyi, J. Sedat, D. Agard MICCAI '08 (Workshop on High-Performance Medical Image Computing & Computer Aided Intervention) New York, NY, September 2008
Physical-Space Refraction-Corrected Transmission Ultrasound Computed Tomography Made Computationally Practical S. Li, K. Mueller, M. Jackowski, D. Dione, L. Staib MICCAI '08 New York, NY, September 2008
GPU-Acceleration of Attenuation and Scattering Compensation in Emission Computed Tomography F. Xu and K. Mueller 9th Fully Three-Dimensional Image Reconstruction in Radiology and Nuclear Medicine '07 High Performance Image Reconstruction Workshoplogy Lindau, Germany, July, 2007
Real-Time 3D Computed Tomographic Reconstruction Using Commodity Graphics Hardware F. Xu and K. Mueller Physics in Medicine and Biology vol. 52, pp. 3405–3419, 2007
Hardware acceleration vs. algorithmic acceleration: Can GPU-based processing beat complexity optimization for CT? N. Neophytou, F. Xu, and K. Mueller SPIE Medical Imaging '07 San Diego, February 2007
Why do GPUs work so well for acceleration of CT? K. Mueller, F. Xu, and N. Neophytou SPIE Electronic Imaging '07 (Keynote, Computational Imaging V) San Jose, January 2007
Fast Marching Method to correct for refraction in ultrasound computed tomography S. Li, K. Mueller, M. Jackowski, D. Dione, and L. Staib IEEE 2006 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI '06) Arlington, VA, April 2006 pp. 896-899, 2006
Practical considerations for GPU-accelerated CT K. Mueller and F. Xu IEEE 2006 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI '06) Arlington, VA, April 2006 pp. 1184-1187, 2006
A comparative study of popular interpolation and integration methods for use in computed tomography F. Xu and K. Mueller IEEE 2006 International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI '06) Arlington, VA, April 2006 pp. 1252-1255, 2006
Accelerating Popular Tomographic Reconstruction Algorithms On Commodity PC Graphics Hardware F. Xu and K. Mueller IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science vol. 52, no. 3, pp. 654-663, 2005
Ultra-Fast 3D Filtered Backprojection on Commodity Graphics Hardware F. Xu and K. Mueller IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging (ISBI '04) Arlington, VA, April 2004
Towards a Unified Framework for Rapid Computed Tomography on Commodity GPUs F. Xu and K. Mueller IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) 2003 Portland, OR, October 2003
Conceptual design of a proton computed tomography system for applications in proton radiation therapy R. Schulte, V. Bashkirov, T. Li, Z. Liang, K. Mueller,  et al., IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 866-872, 2004
Reconstruction for Proton Computed Tomography: A Practical Approach K. Mueller, Z. Liang, T. Li, F. Xu, et al. IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) 2003 Portland, OR, October 2003
Design of a Proton Computed Tomography System for Applications in Proton Radiation Therapy  R. Schulte, V. Bashkirov, T. Li, J. Liang, K. Mueller, et al. IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) 2003 Portland, OR, October 2003
Reconstruction for Proton Computed Tomography: A Monte Carlo Study T. Li, Z. Liang, K. Mueller, et al. IEEE Medical Imaging Conference (MIC) 2003 Portland, OR, October 2003
Rapid 3D cone-beam reconstruction with the Simultaneous Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (SART) using 2D texture mapping hardware K. Mueller and R. Yagel IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging vol. 19, no. 12, pp. 1227-1237, 2000
Anti-aliased 3D cone-beam reconstruction of low-contrast objects with algebraic methods K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.J. Wheller IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 519-537, 1999
Fast implementations of algebraic methods for the 3D reconstruction from cone-beam data K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.J. Wheller IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging vol. 18, no. 6, pp. 538-547, 1999
On the use of graphics hardware to accelerate algebraic reconstruction methods K. Mueller and R. Yagel 1999 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, No. 3659-62 San Diego, February 1999
Fast and accurate three-dimensional reconstruction from cone-beam projection data using algebraic methods K. Mueller PhD dissertation, The Ohio State University June, 1998
A fast and accurate projection algorithm for the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.J. Wheller 1998 SPIE Medical Imaging Conference, Vol. SPIE 3336 San Diego, February 1998 pp. 24-732 (won Honorary Mention Award)
The weighted distance scheme: a globally optimizing projection ordering method for the Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.F. Cornhill IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 223-230, 1997
Accelerating the anti-aliased Algebraic Reconstruction Technique (ART) by table-based voxel backward projection K. Mueller, R. Yagel, and J.F. Cornhill EMBS'95 (Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society) Montreal, June 1995 pp. 579-580