Image processing applications: From particle physics to society
Abstract
We present an embedded system for extremely efficient real-time pattern recognition execution, enabling technological advancements with both scientific and social impact. It is a compact, fast, low consumption processing unit (PU) based on a combination of Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) and the full custom associative memory chip. The PU has been developed for real time tracking in particle physics experiments, but delivers flexible features for potential application in a wide range of fields. It has been proposed to be used in accelerated pattern matching execution for Magnetic Resonance Fingerprinting (biomedical applications), in real time detection of space debris trails in astronomical images (space applications) and in brain emulation for image processing (cognitive image processing). We illustrate the potentiality of the PU for the new applications.
- Publication:
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Nuovo Cimento C Geophysics Space Physics C
- Pub Date:
- January 2017
- DOI:
- 10.1393/ncc/i2017-17079-4
- Bibcode:
- 2017NCimC..40...79S