Optimizing Biomedical Ultrasound Workflow Scheduling Using Cluster Simulations

Therapeutic ultrasound plays an increasing role in dealing with oncological diseases, drug delivery and neurostimulation. To maximize the treatment outcome, thorough pre-operative planning using complex numerical models considering patient anatomy is crucial. From the computational point of view, the treatment planning can be seen as the execution of a complex workflow consisting of many different tasks with various computational requirements on a remote cluster or in cloud. Since these resources are precious, workflow scheduling plays an important part in the whole process.