A Parallel Workflow for the Reconstruction of Molecular Surfaces

In this paper a parallel workflow for the reconstruction of molecular surfaces based on the isosurface extraction operation is proposed. The input is represented by the atonic coordinates of a molecule, the output is both its volumetric description and the isosurface that, on the basis of the user selection. corresponds to the Van der wails, Lee & Richards or Connolly Surface. The main feature of the workflow is represented by the efficient production of high resolution surfaces. This is a key aspect in Bioinformatics applications. considering that the amount of data to process may be very huge. This goal is achieved through a parallel implementation of the stages of the workflow.