High-Performance Computing in Biomedical Research

by Theo C. Pilkington, Bruce Loftis, Thomas Palmer, Thomas F. Budinger

Overview

Leading researchers have contributed state-of-the-art chapters to this overview of high-performance computing in biomedical research. The book includes over 30 pages of color illustrations. Some of the important topics featured in the book include the following:

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849344749
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/24/1992
Pages:	558
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.40(d)

About the Author

Theo C. Pilkington, Bruce Loftis, Thomas Palmer and Thomas F. Budinger

Table of Contents

Grand Challenges in Biomedical Computing The Use of Spectral Methods in Bidomain StudiesHigh Performance Computing, High Speed Networks, and Configurable Computing Environments: Progress Toward Fully Distributed ComputingVisualization of Bioelectric Phenomena Impact of Massively Parallel Computation on Protein Structure DeterminationBone Remodeling Around Total Hip ImplantsThe Electrocardiographic Inverse Problem Models of the Spreading of Excitation in Myocardial TissueHigh-Performance Computing in Radiation Cancer TreatmentFinite Element Methods for the Biomechanics of Soft Hydrated Tissues: Nonlinear Analysis and Adaptive Control of MeshesCardiac Propagation Simulation Generalized Approach to Inverse Problems in Tomography: Image Reconstruction for Spatially Variant Systems Using Natural PixelsLarge-Scale Finite Element Analysis of the Beating HeartAn Anatomical Heart Model with Applications to Myocardial Activation and Ventricular MechanicsA Multidimensional Model of Cellular Effects on the Spread of Electronic Currents and on Propagating Action PotentialsStructured and Unstructured Grid Generation

Editorial Reviews

Proceedings of the Cray Symposium on High-Performance Computing in Biomedical Research, held at Research Park, North Carolina, October 1992. Papers address various aspects of anatomical heart models and mechanics, grids and bioelectric models, inverse problems and computational methods, distributed computing and biomechanics, HPC (high-performance computing) and cardiac electrophysiology, HPC and visualization, and the future. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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