CUDA-based real time surgery simulation

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2008:132:260-2.

Abstract

In this paper we present a general software platform that enables real time surgery simulation on the newly available compute unified device architecture (CUDA)from NVIDIA. CUDA-enabled GPUs harness the power of 128 processors which allow data parallel computations. Compared to the previous GPGPU, it is significantly more flexible with a C language interface. We report implementation of both collision detection and consequent deformation computation algorithms. Our test results indicate that the CUDA enables a twenty times speedup for collision detection and about fifteen times speedup for deformation computation on an Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 GHz machine with GeForce 8800 GTX.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computer Simulation*
  • General Surgery / education*
  • Humans
  • Software*
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Surgical Procedures, Operative / methods*
  • United States
  • User-Computer Interface*