Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), a highly lethal brain cancer, accounts for over 30 percent of brain tumors in adult patients. Patients typically survive only 12-18 months after diagnosis. Our model describes the dynamics of GBM via a system of partial differential equations for tumor cells, nutrients, toxins, and mechanical resistance of brain matter. Using a 2D conservative Alternating Direction Implicit scheme, we numerically approximate the solution to our model and implement it in C for simulation on a parallel computer.

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Creator

• Voutila, David Raymond

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D373M

Advisor

• Weekes, Suzanne L.

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mathematical Sciences

Rights statement

• In Copyright