Inapplicability of fractional moving blood volume technique to standardize Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis indices for quantified three-dimensional power Doppler. by Welsh, A, Collins, S, Stevenson, G, Noble, J, Impey, L

“… OBJECTIVE: To determine whether the technique of fractional moving blood volume (FMBV) is applicable to Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis II (VOCAL II™)-based indices to quantify three-dimensional power Doppler ultrasound (3D-PDU) by investigating the effect of gain level on the indices measured at a possible reference point for standardization. …”

Influence of power Doppler gain setting on Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis indices in vivo: can use of the individual sub-noise gain level optimize information? by Collins, S, Stevenson, G, Noble, J, Impey, L, Welsh, A

“… OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate the influence of gain setting on the calculated Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL(™)) three-dimensional (3D) indices and define a point, the sub-noise gain (SNG), at which maximum information is available without noise artifact. …”

Dashboard for the LHC experiments by Tsai, E, Urbah, E

“…The goal of the Experiment Dashboard is to monitor the activities of the LHC experiments on the distributed infrastructure, providing monitoring data from the virtual organization (VO) and user perspectives. The LHC experiments are using various Grid infrastructures (LCG[2]/EGEE[3], OSG[4], NDGF[5]) with correspondingly various middleware flavors and job submission methods. …”

Enhancing grid service discovery with a semantic wiki and the concept matching approach by Guan, T, Fowler, D, Bandara, A, Zaluska, E, De Roure, D, Crowder, R, Wills, G

“…An important challenge of realizing the vision of Grid computing that heterogeneous resources are shared in dynamic and multi-institutional virtual organization is that users need to locate, find, select and invoke appropriate Grid services on demand. …”

From the Hodgkin-Huxley axon to the virtual heart. by Noble, D

“…During the 1990s these cell models have been incorporated into anatomically detailed tissue and organ models to create the first virtual organ, the Virtual Heart. With over 40 years of interaction between simulation and experiment, the models are now sufficiently refined to begin to be of use in drug development.…”

Modelling the heart: insights, failures and progress. by Noble, D

“…This combination is leading to the creation of the first 'virtual organ,' which is being used in drug discovery and testing, and in simulating the action of devices, such as cardiac defibrillators. …”

Experiences with GRIA - Industrial Applications on a Web Services Grid. by Surridge, M, Taylor, S, Roure, D, Zaluska, E

“…By taking a business-oriented approach independent of the evolving Open Grid Services Architecture proposals from the Global Grid Forum, GRIA has demonstrated the need for a wider understanding of Virtual Organizations (VOs). Traditional academic VOs are persistent, resourceful and have logically centralized, membership-oriented management structures. …”

Effect of malaria on placental volume measured using three-dimensional ultrasound: a pilot study. by Rijken, M, Moroski, W, Kiricharoen, S, Karunkonkowit, N, Stevenson, G, Ohuma, E, Noble, J, Kennedy, S, Mcgready, R, Papageorghiou, A, Nosten, F

“…METHODS: Placenta volumes were acquired using a portable ultrasound machine and a 3D ultrasound transducer and estimated using the Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL) image analysis software package. …”

Elsevier Trophoblast Research Award Lecture: Searching for an early pregnancy 3-D morphometric ultrasound marker to predict fetal growth restriction. by Collins, S, Stevenson, G, Noble, J, Impey, L

“…This has also been investigated using 2-D estimates of diameter and site of cord insertion obtained using the Virtual Organ Computer-aided AnaLysis (VOCAL) software. …”