MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Aug. 3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With help from high-performance computing and storage solutions from Silicon Graphics (NYSE: SGI - News), scientists at Canada's Robarts Research Institute are modeling functioning human organs to aid in the development of minimally invasive surgery and therapy techniques. With a 20-processor SGI® Altix® 3000 server, a dual-processor SGI® Altix® 350 server, and a 6 terabyte SGI® InfiniteStorage Storage Area Network (SAN) solution, the Virtual Augmentation & Simulation for Surgery & Therapy (VASST) laboratory at Robarts is working to advance a broad range of medical procedures in such areas as neurosurgery, prostate cancer therapy, breast cancer biopsy, and cardiac intervention and surgery.
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