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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) Roadmap: medical physics technologies in brachytherapy Physics in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 70, p. 14RM01-14RM01 (Article, review/survey) Continue to DOI
Björn Morén, Hossein Jafarzadeh, Shirin A. Enger (2025) A data-driven approach to model spatial dose characteristics for catheter placement of high dose-rate brachytherapy for prostate cancer Computers in Biology and Medicine, Vol. 190, p. 110020-110020, Article 110020 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Björn Morén, Alana Thibodeau-Antonacci, Jonathan Kalinowski, Shirin A. Enger (2025) Dosimetric impact of positional uncertainties and a robust optimization approach for rectal intensity-modulated brachytherapy Medical Physics, Vol. 52, p. 3528-3540 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI

2024

Frida Dohlmar, Björn Morén, Michael Sandborg, Torbjörn Larsson, Åsa Carlsson Tedgren (2024) Dwell time shaping in inverse treatment planning for cervical brachytherapy Physics and Imaging in Radiation Oncology, Vol. 32, Article 100672 (Article in journal) Continue to DOI
Björn Morén, Elina Rönnberg (2024) Nurse Rostering with Strategic Planning of Skills for Sick-Leave Robustness Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, PATAT 2024, p. 355-358 (Conference paper)

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