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Method and system for histogram calculation using a graphics processing unit

US7889922B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. · US

Inventors

Oliver Fluck · Plainsboro, US
Shmuel Aharon · Plainsboro, US
Mikael Rousson · Préaux, FR
Daniel Cremers · Bonn, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 8, 2006
Grant date	Feb 15, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 17, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06T1/20
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for histogram calculation using a graphics processing unit (GPU), comprises storing image data in a two-dimensional (2D) texture domain; subdividing the domain into independent regions or tiles; calculating in parallel, in a GPU, a plurality of tile histograms, one for each tile; and summing up in parallel, in the GPU, the tile histograms so as to derive a final image histogram.

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