Handbook of Optimization in Medicine
Editors: Pardalos, Panos, Romeijn, H. Edwin (Eds.)
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- International group of experts in operations research, computer science, and medicine
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- About this book
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Handbook of Optimization in Medicine is devoted to examining the dramatic increase in the application of effective optimization techniques to the delivery of health care. The articles, written by experts from the areas of optimization (operations research), computer science, and medicine, focus on models and algorithms that have led to more efficient and sophisticated treatments of patients.
Topics covered include:
* optimization in medical imaging,
* classification and data mining with medical applications,
* treatment of epilepsy and other brain disorders,
* treatment of head-and-neck, prostate, and other cancers using conventional conformal and intensity-modulated radiation therapy as well as proton therapy,
* treatment selection for breast cancer based on new classification schemes,
* optimization for the genome project,
*optimal timing of organ transplants.
This handbook is an invaluable resource for graduate students and academic researchers in biomedical engineering, computer science, operations research, and medicine. Practioners as well will be able to adapt the different approaches to their needs.
- Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Optimizing Organ Allocation and Acceptance
Pages 1-24
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Can we Do Better? Optimization Models for Breast Cancer Screening
Pages 1-28
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Optimization Models and Computational Approaches for Three-dimensional Conformal Radiation Treatment Planning
Pages 1-29
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Continuous Optimization of Beamlet Intensities for Intensity Modulated Photon and Proton Radiotherapy
Pages 1-40
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Multicriteria Optimization in Intensity Modulated Rediotherapy Planning
Pages 1-45
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Handbook of Optimization in Medicine
- Editors
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- Panos Pardalos
- H. Edwin Romeijn
- Series Title
- Springer Optimization and Its Applications
- Series Volume
- 26
- Copyright
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Copyright Holder
- Springer-Verlag US
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-387-09770-1
- DOI
- 10.1007/b100322
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-387-09769-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4419-3532-8
- Series ISSN
- 1931-6828
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 442
- Topics
