Optimization in Medicine

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Alves, Carlos J. S. (Editor), Pardalos, Panos M. (Editor), Vicente, Luis Nunes (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Springer Optimization and Its Applications, 12
• Subjects: Medicine.; Radiology.; Mathematical optimization.; Calculus of variations.; Medicine & Public Health.; Medicine/Public Health, general.; Optimization.; Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control; Optimization.; Imaging / Radiology.

Optimization has become an essential tool in addressing the limitation of resources and need for better decision-making in the medical field. Both continuous and discrete mathematical techniques are playing an increasingly important role in understanding several fundamental problems in medicine. Thi...

Table of Contents:

• The influence of dose grid resolution on beam selection strategies in radiotherapy treatment design
• Decomposition of matrices and static multileaf collimators: a survey
• Neuro-dynamic programming for fractionated radiotherapy planning
• Randomized algorithms for mixed matching and covering in hypergraphs in 3D seed reconstruction in brachytherapy
• Global optimization and spatial synchronization changes prior to epileptic seizures
• Optimization-based predictive models in medicine and biology
• Optimal reconstruction kernels in medical imaging
• Optimal control in high intensity focused ultrasound surgery.