Implementation of Agent Based Model of Tissue Inflammation on a Graphics Processing Unit Platform

Scarring of the vocal folds is commonly caused by surgical injury or high impact voice use. As the by-product of the tissue healing in response to the injury, scarring involves a plethora of cells and chemicals whose interactions are dynamic and non-linear (Li et al, 2011). A thorough understanding of the wound healing process is needed. The ability to model cellular interactions using computer simulations constitutes the first step towards patient specific treatments of vocal fold injuries.