[Possibilities of using mathematical methods in prognostication of individual radiation sensitivity].

The prediction of a response to irradiation is one of the most urgent problems in modern radiobiology. The accumulated experimental material requires the use of mathematical methods in strict succession for analysis of the regularities of prognosis. Analysis of individual radiosensitivity of animals by means of mathematical methods includes 6 stages.

[Prognostication of individual radiation sensitivity of animals, based on the use of a mathematical method of object classification].

A statistical method of object classification based on the use of linear discriminant analysis, was employed to solve the problem of prediction of the outcome of acute radiation disease. In experiments on 23 monkeys irradiated at a dose of 5.3 Gy 14 animals had survived and 9 perished.