Case study Check if the document is available in the language of your choice. You never want your doctor taking guesses with your health. But when it comes to treating bone fractures with implants, guesswork is part of the process. “You have two patients where everything is exactly the same and one implant will fail and the other won’t,” says Ralf Schneider from the High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS). “Why?” Dr. Schneider is working to answer this very question—and put some certainty into a very uncertain science. Bone implants are a common method for treating fractures of the hip, in particular. They allow patients to maintain mobility and avoid the severe complications that can come from bed rest. While an ideal solution, hip fracture implants are plagued b

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