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1 November 2008 Parallel computing with graphics processing units for high-speed Monte Carlo simulation of photon migration
Erik Alerstam, Tomas Svensson, Stefan Andersson-Engels
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 13, Issue 6, 060504 (November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3041496
Abstract
General-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU) is shown to dramatically increase the speed of Monte Carlo simulations of photon migration. In a standard simulation of time-resolved photon migration in a semi-infinite geometry, the proposed methodology executed on a low-cost graphics processing unit (GPU) is a factor 1000 faster than simulation performed on a single standard processor. In addition, we address important technical aspects of GPU-based simulations of photon migration. The technique is expected to become a standard method in Monte Carlo simulations of photon migration.
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Erik Alerstam, Tomas Svensson, and Stefan Andersson-Engels "Parallel computing with graphics processing units for high-speed Monte Carlo simulation of photon migration," Journal of Biomedical Optics 13(6), 060504 (1 November 2008). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3041496
Published: 1 November 2008
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KEYWORDS
Monte Carlo methods
Photon transport
Graphics processing units
Parallel computing
Computer simulations
Data modeling
Scattering
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