[Rtk-users] Issue report regarding the recorder of Time elapsed

Guangming Zang guangming.zang at kaust.edu.sa
Mon Jul 27 17:12:16 CEST 2015


Thanks Simon, now it work fine when using projections generated by RTK
itself (command rtkprojectshepploganphantom ).
for 1 iteration of SART to reconstruct 128^3 size volume, it took only 19s,
which gives nice results as well.
Thanks again.
Guangming



*Guangming Zang (Alex)*
*King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)*
*University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)*




2015-07-27 17:20 GMT+03:00 Simon Rit <simon.rit at creatis.insa-lyon.fr>:

> Obviously I hadn't looked at the result and/or checked the command line
> options, sorry. This is an example from the same simulated dataset that
> gives me a good results:
>
> OS-SR-466:tmp srit$ rtksart  -p . -r proj.mha  -g geo -o SART_SL3.mha   -f
> Joseph -b VoxelBasedBackProjection --dimension 128 --spacing 2  -l 0.3 -n
> 3  --time 1
> Recording elapsed time...
> SARTConeBeamReconstructionFilter timing:
>   Extraction of projection sub-stacks: 0.567773 s
>   Multiplication by zero: 0.303715 s
>   Forward projection: 142.305 s
>   Subtraction: 0.445842 s
>   Multiplication by lambda: 0.2663 s
>   Ray box intersection: 5.40366 s
>   Division: 0.535618 s
>   Multiplication by the gating weights: 0 s
>   Displaced detector: 0.415431 s
>   Back projection: 21.3689 s
>   Volume update: 0 s
> It took...  177.059 s
>
> but this doesn't change the content of my previous message. What takes
> time is probably in your own software, be sure that you update SART inputs
> before timing it.
> Simon
>
> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 4:05 PM, Guangming Zang <
> guangming.zang at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>
>> Hi Simon,
>>  it cost 1200s for SART algorithm at first, and the command are:
>> rtksimulatedgeometry -n 360 --arc -360 -o geometry.xml   --sdd=
>> 725.9240729  --sid=500.0  --proj_iso_x="-128" --proj_iso_y="-128"
>>
>> rtksart  -p . -r 360pro_SL_Vol128_512.mha  -g geometry.xml -o SART_SL.mha
>>   -f Joseph -b VoxelBasedBackProjection --newspacing 0.5  --dimension
>> 128,128,128  --spacing 1,1,1  --origin -64,-64,-64  -l 0.5 -n 1  --time 1
>>
>> in which, the  projections data(360pro_SL_Vol128_512.mha) is not
>> generated from rtkprojectshepploganphantom , but from my application.
>> though it took long time, but i can got a nice result,
>>
>>
>> And i just  tried the command you used, i.e. generated the projections
>> data by rtkprojectshepploganphantom :
>>
>> rtksimulatedgeometry -n 360 --arc -360 -o geo.xml   --sdd=725.9240729
>>  --sid=500.0
>> rtkprojectshepploganphantom -g geo.xml -o proj.mha --dimension 512
>> rtksart  -p . -r proj.mha  -g geo.xml -o SART_SLnew.mha   -f Joseph -b
>> VoxelBasedBackProjection --newspacing 0.5  --dimension 128,128,128
>>  --spacing 1,1,1  --origin -64,-64,-64 -l 0.5 -n 3  --time 1
>> yes, it takes about 56s.
>> but the reconstructed result is weird, the voxel values range from
>> [-142186, 208146] and can not see anything when visualizing it.
>> i believe  you got the similar results, which maybe explain why it
>> computes much faster.
>>
>> if i wanna use the projections generated by  rtkprojectshepploganphantom
>> , can you give me an  example to get a nice results?
>>
>> Best regards
>> Guangming
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> *Guangming Zang (Alex)*
>> *King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)*
>> *University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)*
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> 2015-07-27 16:02 GMT+03:00 Simon Rit <simon.rit at creatis.insa-lyon.fr>:
>>
>>> No I expect forward projection to be longer than backprojection
>>> although with optimal implementations, it should take about the same
>>> time since they have the same complexity.
>>> I have 4 cores on my laptop. I don't see how it explains it, try to
>>> find out where does SART spend the time.
>>> Simon
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 2:50 PM, Guangming Zang
>>> <guangming.zang at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>>> > Hi Simon,
>>> > sorry for the mistake, not"the backprojection should take much longer
>>> time
>>> > than
>>> > sart algorithm" , but "the backprojection should take much longer time
>>> than
>>> > forward projection in sart algorithm".
>>> >
>>> > BTW, how many cores does your computer have?? Mine is 24 cores.
>>> > is it can explain the reason why it takes much longer time on my
>>> computer
>>> > than yours?
>>> > Regards
>>> > Guangming
>>> >
>>> > Guangming Zang (Alex)
>>> > King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)
>>> > University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > 2015-07-27 15:28 GMT+03:00 Simon Rit <simon.rit at creatis.insa-lyon.fr>:
>>> >>
>>> >> I can try. Forward and back projection have the same algorithmic
>>> >> complexity but voxel based backprojection benefits from several
>>> >> optimizations in terms of memory management and computations that
>>> >> makes it faster. The best is to look at the code for further
>>> >> details... although both have far from being optimal. And I did not
>>> >> get the sentence "the backprojection should take much longer time than
>>> >> sart algorithm." because SART contains a backprojection and other
>>> >> steps so SART is obviously longer than the bp alone.
>>> >> Your log is strange and I don't see what steps are not timed that
>>> >> would take most of the time. I did the same test on my computer and
>>> >> here is my result:
>>> >>
>>> >> OS-SR-466:tmp srit$ rtksimulatedgeometry -n 360 -o geo
>>> >> OS-SR-466:tmp srit$ rtkprojectshepploganphantom -g geo -o proj.mha
>>> >> --dimension 512
>>> >> OS-SR-466:tmp srit$ rtksart  -p . -r proj.mha  -g geo -o SART_SL3.mha
>>> >>  -f Joseph -b VoxelBasedBackProjection --newspacing 0.5  --dimension
>>> >> 128,128,128  --spacing 1,1,1  --origin -64,-64,-64 -l 0.5 -n 3  --time
>>> >> 1
>>> >> Recording elapsed time...
>>> >> SARTConeBeamReconstructionFilter timing:
>>> >>   Extraction of projection sub-stacks: 0.288571 s
>>> >>   Multiplication by zero: 0.131672 s
>>> >>   Forward projection: 34.3612 s
>>> >>   Subtraction: 0.203409 s
>>> >>   Multiplication by lambda: 0.146459 s
>>> >>   Ray box intersection: 1.30755 s
>>> >>   Division: 0.187294 s
>>> >>   Multiplication by the gating weights: 0 s
>>> >>   Displaced detector: 0.278408 s
>>> >>   Back projection: 11.8456 s
>>> >>   Volume update: 0 s
>>> >> It took...  53.2765 s
>>> >>
>>> >> Simon
>>> >>
>>> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Guangming Zang
>>> >> <guangming.zang at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>>> >> > Hi Simon,
>>> >> > Thanks for your reply.
>>> >> > would you pls help and explain why backprojection is expected to
>>> take
>>> >> > shorter time than forward projection?? because i was thinking if no
>>> >> > caching
>>> >> > step, the backprojection should take much longer time than sart
>>> >> > algorithm.
>>> >> > yes, i run rtksart for 2 times once.it took 12xxs, similar to the
>>> time
>>> >> > consumed of 3 times's sart, which much slower than my own
>>> application.
>>> >> > BTW, D drive is local disk drive, and 360pro_SL_Vol128_512.mha are
>>> 360
>>> >> > shapp-logan projections(512*512 resolution each)
>>> >> > rtksart  -p . -r 360pro_SL_Vol128_512.mha  -g geometry.xml -o
>>> >> > ../Result_SL512/SART_SL3.mha   -f Joseph -b VoxelBasedBackProjection
>>> >> > --newspacing 0.5  --dimension 128,128,128  --spacing 1,1,1  --origin
>>> >> > -64,-64,-64 -l 0.5 -n 3  --time 1
>>> >> >
>>> >> > and i will try reader->Update() like what you said.
>>> >> > Thanks
>>> >> > Guangming
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > Guangming Zang (Alex)
>>> >> > King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)
>>> >> > University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> >
>>> >> > 2015-07-27 8:59 GMT+03:00 Simon Rit <simon.rit at creatis.insa-lyon.fr
>>> >:
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Hi Guangming,
>>> >> >> It's not surprising to me that the backprojection is faster than
>>> the
>>> >> >> forward projection, that's what I expect. If the total time is
>>> longer,
>>> >> >> that's probably that some individual steps are not included in the
>>> >> >> total
>>> >> >> time. Can you try to add
>>> >> >> reader->Update();
>>> >> >> before the line
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> itk::TimeProbe totalTimeProbe;
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> in rtksart.cxx? It may be that all the reading operations are done
>>> but
>>> >> >> not
>>> >> >> timed in the sart->Update(). Why they are so long, I don't know, is
>>> >> >> your D:
>>> >> >> drive a network drive? Do you observe the same behavior if you do
>>> >> >> rtksart 2
>>> >> >> times in a row?
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> Simon
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >>
>>> >> >> On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 12:30 AM, Guangming Zang
>>> >> >> <guangming.zang at kaust.edu.sa> wrote:
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Hi RTK community,
>>> >> >>> i am using SART algorithm to reconstruct an object.
>>> >> >>> But in this new RTK version, the time recording seems a little
>>> weird:
>>> >> >>>  the total time is 1219.12s , but adding the time cost in
>>> different
>>> >> >>> stages is not 1291.12 s. especially for "backprojection" part,
>>> only
>>> >> >>> 16.6051s
>>> >> >>> to reconstruct a 128^3 volume ?? even shorter than forward
>>> projection
>>> >> >>> part.
>>> >> >>> BTW, the -f and -b are Joseph and VoxelBasedBackProjection,
>>> >> >>> respectively,
>>> >> >>> both multi-threading  i think.
>>> >> >>> Can anyone tell me what's going on?
>>> >> >>> Thanks
>>> >> >>> Regards
>>> >> >>> Guangming
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>> Guangming Zang (Alex)
>>> >> >>> King Abdullah University of Science and Technology(KAUST)
>>> >> >>> University of Chinese Academy of Sciences(UCAS)
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
>>> >> >>>
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