With the dog in the MRI machine, the supercomputer prepared for surgery. The procedure was the culmination of three years of research and development into the algorithms, computer codes, imaging technology, and cyberinfrastructure that would allow a supercomputer in Austin to perform a minimally invasive laser treatment on a canine in Houston, without the intervention of a surgeon. The scientists took a collective breath.
TACC Supercomputer Performs Laser Cancer Surgery on Canine
May 27, 2008