RadiotherapyGrid
http://www.isgtw.org/?pid=1002620

Cancer is Europe’s second largest cause of death. One of the most common and effective treatments is external radiotherapy, where a Linear Accelerator (Linac) attacks the cancerous tissue with radiation delivered from several different directions. The treatment plan — the direction, size and length of dosages — has to be carefully calculated to avoid damaging healthy tissue. These calculations can take a long time — speeding up this process would allow earlier treatment and more patients to be treated. RadiotherapyGrid is a solution based on grid technology that helps hospitals plan the best possible treatment for each patient. It has two core functions: verification of plans using accurate — but computationally expensive — techniques; and searching for the optimal treatments. These tools improve the efficiency and effectiveness of planned treatments as well as reducing the overall cost of treatment planning. The platform can also be easily extended with further tools and algorithms as new techniques are developed. RadiotherapyGrid produces results much quicker than hospitals are currently used to by exploiting the enormous computational resources found on the grid. This has been added to Grid, Distributed and Cloud Computing Resources Subject Tracer™. This will be added to Healthcare Resources Subject Tracer™.