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We present a Grid-aware application for the extraction of isosurfaces from volumetric data sets. This is an important issue in the design of a virtual laboratory since it permits to analyze data produced by different types of scientific instruments. After a short description of the basic functionalities we focus on the issues for the efficient use of Grid resources. Our implementation is designed following a Grid service approach and adopts Globus Toolkit 4 as middleware. The main advantages of the use of the Grid are the possibility of processing huge data sets and of satisfying more requests simultaneously.
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Clematis, A., Corana, A., D’Agostino, D., Gianuzzi, V., Merlo, A. (2009). Grid Services for 3D Data Analysis in Virtual Laboratories. In: Davoli, F., Meyer, N., Pugliese, R., Zappatore, S. (eds) Grid Enabled Remote Instrumentation. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09663-6_32
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