Execution of medical image simulation workflows on HPC resources through workflow interoperability between the Virtual Imaging Platform and the VPH toolkit.
This was a Research and Development (R&D) project coordinated by the National Centre of Scientific Research - CNRS of France, and the Centre for Computational Science at the University College of London in The United Kingdom. The focus of this project is to provide imaging scientists with a suitable mechanism to access High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources and to ensure the sustainability of image simulation workflows beyond a particular computing infrastructure and workflow technology.
The project was granted access to a Tier-1 supercomputing provided by the Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe - PRACE. This includes 1,670,670 standardized PRACE core-hours for MRI simulations. This Tier-1 resource is a Cray XE6 supercomputer called HECToR and it is located at the Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre - EPCC, the University of Edinburgh.
Publications
C. Johnson et al., PRACE DECI (Distributed European Computing Initiative) Minisymposium in Parallel Computing - Accelerating Computational Science and Engineering (CSE), vol 25, Advances in Parallel Computing, IOS Press, April 2014, pp. 805-812. [Online] Available: IOS Press Ebooks
Super Brain Computing in PRACE DIGEST 1/2014
T. Glatard, W.A. Romero, S. Zasada, P.V. Coveney, D. Friboulet. "A Virtual Imagin Platform for the Virtual Physiological Human", Proceedings of the Virtual Physiological Human Conference 2012 (VPH 2012), September 18-20, 2012, London, United Kingdom.
Software released
Presentation slides
A Virtual Imaging Platform for the Virtual Physiological Human, International Conference on Parallel Computing (ParCo 2013), DECI Minisymposium (PRACE - Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe), September 10-13 , 2013, Munich, Germany.
A Virtual Imaging Platform for the Virtual Physiological Human, The Virtual Physiological Human Conference 2012 (VPH 2012), September 18-20, 2012, London, United Kingdom.
Further information
© 2013 William A. Romero R.