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RapidMind Imaging Extensions Bring Benefits of Multi-core to Medical Imaging and Analysis
WATERLOO, Ontario --(Business Wire)-- RapidMind, provider of the award-winning RapidMind Multi-core Development Platform, today announced the launch of the RapidMind Imaging Extensions, add-ons to the RapidMind platform that accelerate the development of applications such as those for medical imaging. This solution is the first in a line of RapidMind Extensions that include customizable software components targeting specific verticals that in conjunction with the RapidMind platform can be used to quickly build applications for multi-core processors and accelerators. The RapidMind Imaging Extensions are already being used to help healthcare companies deploy applications including image reconstruction from CT scans and ultrasound, as well as image analysis of ultrasound data.
One such company, Medipattern Corporation (TSX-V:MKI), is using RapidMind in their B-CAD(TM) system to leverage the performance of multi-core CPUs while simultaneously exploiting acceleration available from a Graphics Processor Unit (GPU)--achieving an 8 times performance increase. B-CAD(TM) V1 is the first FDA certified computer-aided detection system for breast ultrasound imaging. B-CAD automatically analyses the physical characteristics of ultrasound images, helping physicians characterize each lesion. B-CAD helps improve accuracy, increases confidence, and reduces transcription costs for the physicians caring for the millions of women who undergo breast ultrasound procedures every year.
"Timely results are crucial to our customers, Medipattern needed to achieve an order of magnitude increased performance. While the latest multi-core processors offer the potential to improve processing times, they are extremely difficult to program and often increase development costs and time to market," said Jeff Collins, CEO of Medipattern Corporation. "RapidMind's platform, expertise and professional services, let us meet this objective."
By improving the speed and quality of medical imaging, there is the potential to reduce a patient's exposure to radiation, reduce treatment costs, and offer the opportunity to provide new kinds of health care.
With RapidMind, medical imaging and analysis vendors can quickly build manageable applications that fully leverage the performance potential of multi-core processors from AMD(R) and Intel(R), while seamlessly taking advantage of application acceleration available from GPUs and the Cell Broadband Engine(TM). The RapidMind Imaging Extensions provide additional programming primitives and software components, making it even easier to build these applications and to achieve excellent performance.
"Medipattern recognized that by adopting multi-core processors they could dramatically improve the processing time for their system," said Ray DePaul, president and CEO of RapidMind. "With RapidMind's platform and professional services, they were able to leverage not only multi-core processors, but also GPU acceleration. The resulting acceleration provides Medipattern with a significant advantage in providing better health care."
About Medipattern Corporation
Medipattern(R) is a pioneer in the development of medical software solutions that help improve imaging workflow and productivity. Medipattern's award-winning flagship B-CAD(R) solution helps characterize, evaluate, and document breast ultrasound images in a thorough, organized way that integrates easily into daily practice. B-CAD is part of a comprehensive offering that provides radiologists, surgeons, sonographers and other medical specialists with the time-saving tools they need to work effectively while maintaining consistent communication across the enterprise. Please visit the company's website at: www.medipattern.com.
About RapidMind
RapidMind provides the award-winning RapidMind Multi-core Development Platform that simplifies the development of parallel applications, minimizing the impact on traditional lifecycle costs and timelines. Developers of HPC and enterprise software are using RapidMind today to create manageable, single-threaded applications that leverage the full potential of multi-core processors from AMD and Intel(R) and to seamlessly take advantage of the application acceleration available from GPUs and the Cell Broadband Engine(TM). For more information on RapidMind, visit http://www.rapidmind.com or http://blogs.rapidmind.com.
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