González, DiegoBotella Juan, GuillermoGarcía, CarlosPrieto Matías, ManuelTirado Fernández, José Francisco2023-06-192023-06-1920131687-618010.1186/1687-6180-2013-118https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/34969© Springer International Publishing AG The authors would like to thank the Altera Company for the provided hardware and software under the University programs. The authors would like to thank Professor Uwe Meyer-Base from Florida State University for his help and support regarding digital signal processing with FPGAs. This work has been partially supported by Spanish Projects TIN 2008/508 and TIN 2012/32180.Medical imaging has become an absolutely essential diagnostic tool for clinical practices; at present, pathologies can be detected with an earliness never before known. Its use has not only been relegated to the field of radiology but also, increasingly, to computer-based imaging processes prior to surgery. Motion analysis, in particular, plays an important role in analyzing activities or behaviors of live objects in medicine. This short paper presents several low-cost hardware implementation approaches for the new generation of tablets and/or smartphones for estimating motion compensation and segmentation in medical images. These systems have been optimized for breast cancer diagnosis using magnetic resonance imaging technology with several advantages over traditional X-ray mammography, for example, obtaining patient information during a short period. This paper also addresses the challenge of offering a medical tool that runs on widespread portable devices, both on tablets and/or smartphones to aid in patient diagnostics.engAtribución 3.0 Españahttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/journal articlehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1687-6180-2013-118http://www.asp.eurasipjournals.com/open access004Motion estimationSearch algorithm.Informática (Informática)1203.17 Informática