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Björn Morén

Assistant Professor

I am part of a group of researchers who study and develop mathematical optimization models for brachytherapy, a form of radiotherapy.

The treatment is used to remove cancerous tumors, especially when treating prostate cancer. Mathematical models are used in some extent today, but the goal is to develop better models for clinical use. We also work towards a better understanding of existing models and what differentiates between manual planning and planning using optimization models.

The models we have developed can be useful in healthcare. Our goal is better cancer treatment outcomes, for example through a reduction in serious complications after radiation therapy.

Publications

2025

William Y Song, Michael Roumeliotis, Junghoon Lee, Aaron Fenster, Jessica Rodgers, Tiana Trumpour, Rachel M Glicksman, Alejandro Berlin, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren, Javier Vijande, Luc Beaulieu, Björn Morén, Sandra Meyers, Alexandra Rink, Yin Gao, Benjamin P Fahimian, Debarghya China, Kai Ding, Tarun K Podder, Eric N Carver, Mark J Rivard, Susan Richardson, Milan Grkovski, Moeen Meftahi, Ulysses Gardner, Rachit Kumar, Daniel Scanderbeg, Catheryn Yashar, Issam El Naqa, Akila N Viswanathan, Xun Jia (2025) Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 70, Article 14RM01 (Article, review/survey)
Björn Morén, Hossein Jafarzadeh, Shirin A. Enger (2025) Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 190, p. 110020-110020, Article 110020 (Article in journal)
Björn Morén, Alana Thibodeau-Antonacci, Jonathan Kalinowski, Shirin A. Enger (2025) Medical Physics, Vol. 52, p. 3528-3540 (Article in journal)

2024

Frida Dohlmar, Björn Morén, Michael Sandborg, Torbjörn Larsson, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren (2024) Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol. 32, Article 100672 (Article in journal)
Björn Morén, Elina Rönnberg (2024) Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, PATAT 2024, p. 355-358 (Conference paper)

Research

Brachytherapy Treatment Planning-

Brachytherapy Treatment Planning

Our research on treatment planning for radiation therapy aims at obtaining better treatment outcomes and more efficient treatment planning at the clinic, by applying mathematical optimization on the multi-criteria treatment planning problem.

Organisation

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Applied Mathematics (TIMA)

Applied mathematics is used to study advanced methods for modeling in technology as well as natural and social sciences. The division conducts research in computational mathematics, mathematical statistics and optimization.
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Department of Mathematics (MAI)

The department conducts research in computational mathematics, mathematics and applied mathematics, mathematical statistics, and optimization. We provide courses to students in most degree programmes in mathematics, science and engineering.
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