Front Matter; 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
Summary
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. This volume presents a wide range of medical applications that can utilize mathematical computing. Examples include using an algorithm for considering the seed reconstruction problem in brachytherapy and using optimization-classification models to assist in the early prediction, diagnosis and detection
