Computational requirements of the virtual patient

John, N; Hughes, CJ; Pop, S; Vidal, F; Buckley, O

Abstract

Medical visualization in a hospital can be used to aid training, diagnosis, and pre- and intra-operative planning. In such an application, a virtual representation of a patient is needed that is interactive, can be viewed in three dimensions (3D), and simulates physiological processes that change over time. This paper highlights some of the computational challenges of implementing a real time simulation of a virtual patient, when accuracy can be traded-off against speed. Illustrations are provided using projects from our research based on Grid-based visualization, through to use of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU).

Citation

John, N., Hughes, C., Pop, S., Vidal, F., & Buckley, O. (2009, June). Computational requirements of the virtual patient. Presented at 1st International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biomedical Engineering, Swansea, UK

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: 1st International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biomedical Engineering
• Conference Location: Swansea, UK
• Start Date: Jun 29, 2009
• End Date: Jul 1, 2009
• Publication Date: Jul 1, 2009
• Deposit Date: Feb 19, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 19, 2019
• Journal: 1st International Conference on Mathematical and Computational Biomedical Engineering
• Pages: 140-143
• Publisher URL: http://www.compbiomed.net/2015/cmbe-proceedings.htm
• Related Public URLs: http://www.compbiomed.net/2015/index.htm
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference