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Grid Computing in Research and Education
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Grid Computing in Research and Education

by Luis Ferreira, Fabiano Lucchese, Tomoari Yasuda, Chin Yau Lee, Carlos Alexandre Queiroz, Elton Minetto, Antonio Saverio Rincon Mungioli
April 2005
Intermediate to advanced
174 pages
3h 47m
English
IBM Redbooks
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5.1 Introduction
In this example we present a data and computational grid in a medical-image
storage and processing framework. The example tackles the problem of storing
and processing large images, which typically requires large computational
infrastructures such as distributed databases and clusters. The solution allows
the use of idle storage and processing capacities in machines of the grid to store
and process large amounts of medical digital images.
5.1.1 Business context
In our current world, time is precious, and in the field of science and medicine,
time has a remarkable worth, meaning saving ...
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