INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR TUMOR GROWTH SIMULATIONS

Rafal Wcislo

2011

Abstract

We present the main requirements and ready-to-use components of the interactive visualization tool for modeling of solid tumor proliferation. As the simulation engine it uses complex automata paradigm, which integrates cellular automata with particle dynamics. To make it sufficiently fast for interactive visualization we show that the system can be efficiently implemented on multicore workstations, with moderate number of processors controlled by data parallel interface such as OpenMP. In the near future the system will be empowered by a combined CPU and GPU computational environment. This in silico lab system is intended for medical laboratories doing research in oncology and/or in anticancer drug design.

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Wcislo R. (2011). INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR TUMOR GROWTH SIMULATIONS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-36-2, pages 270-273. DOI: 10.5220/0003131402700273


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@conference{bioinformatics11,
author={Rafal Wcislo},
title={INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR TUMOR GROWTH SIMULATIONS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={270-273},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003131402700273},
isbn={978-989-8425-36-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - INTERACTIVE VISUALIZATION TOOL FOR TUMOR GROWTH SIMULATIONS
SN - 978-989-8425-36-2
AU - Wcislo R.
PY - 2011
SP - 270
EP - 273
DO - 10.5220/0003131402700273