Whole organ heart models with biophysically detailed representation of cells present a large computational challenge. A high speed processor can require several days to weeks to simulate a single heartbeat. Due to the apparent end of processor frequency increases, improving performance will require that work is spread among many processors. Significant performance improvements will require efficiently exploiting correspondingly large numbers of processors that produces load balancing challenges that are complicated by the complex anatomy of the heart.
By: Matthias Reumann; Blake G. Fitch; Aleksandr Rayshubskiy; Michael C. Pitman; John J. Rice
Published in: RC24872 in 2009
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