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4-genus of a 2-bridge link

How can we calculate the 4-genus of a link L? The 4-genus is defined to be the minimal genus of orientable surface bounded by L in B^4. Is there any routine method to calculate that?

Especially, any good idea how to calculate the 4-genus of a 2-bridge link? Thanks.