High-Performance Computing in Biomedical Research

ISBN-13: 9780849344749 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 558 str.

Theo C. Pilkington; Bruce Loftis; Joe F. Thompson

Opis

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:

Spis treści

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

O autorze

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