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Abstract #1579

Distributed Computing on Gadgetron: A new paradigm for MRI reconstruction

Hui Xue 1 , Peter Kellman 1 , Souheil Inati 2 , Thomas Sorensen 3 , and Michael Schacht Hansen 1

1 Magnetic Resonance Technology Program, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 2 National Mental Health Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 3 Department of Computer Science, Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

Although non-linear reconstruction has shown potential for shortening acquisition times, its clinical usage is often hampered by the lengthy reconstruction time. To speedup non-linear reconstruction and enable its clinical usage, we have extended previously published Gadgetron framework to support cloud computing. With this extension (named GT-Plus), any number of Gadgetron processes can run cooperatively across multiple computers. GT-Plus framework was deployed on Amazon EC2 cloud and NIHs Biowulf system. We demonstrate that with the GT-Plus cloud, a multi-slice free-breathing myocardial cine imaging with the whole ventricular coverage can be completed within 1min, including data acquisition and reconstruction.

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