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System and method for in-layer synchronization for fast spot rescanning
7 Dec 20
To overcome the difficulties inherent in conventional proton therapy systems, new techniques are described herein for synchronizing the application of proton radiation with the periodic movement of a target area.
Markus Bach, Isabel Huth, Juergen Heese, Franko Piskulich, Lei Dong
Filed: 16 Oct 17
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Modular Multi-room Proton Therapy System
2 Dec 20
Embodiments of the present invention describe systems and methods for providing proton therapy treatment using a beam line where the ESS is reduced or eliminated.
Manuel BENNA, Vladimir ANFEROV, Andrii RUSANOV
Filed: 28 May 19
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30 Nov 20
Radiation treatment planning includes accessing values of parameters such as a number of beams to be directed into sub-volumes in a target, beam directions, and beam energies.
Reynald Vanderstraeten, Eric Abel, Christel Smith, Anthony Magliari, Timo Koponen, Stanley Mansfield, Charles Adelsheim
Filed: 27 Sep 18
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23 Nov 20
Presented systems and methods facilitate efficient and effective monitoring of particle beams.
Mark Everett Trail, James Edward Clayton
Filed: 20 Jul 17
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23 Nov 20
The methods described herein allow for the classification of patients into groups for receiving optimized radiation treatment based on patient specific biomarker signature.
Renate Parry
Filed: 5 Mar 18
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23 Nov 20
A radiation suite includes a room having a floor, a ceiling, and one or more walls, a radiation system including a gantry enclosing a radiation source and a couch, and an image projection system operable to project an image on a projection surface on at least a portion of the gantry and/or the couch, providing a calming environment for a patient to relax.
Rachel Rieger, Nitin Mangi, Roberto Luevano, Ross Hannibal
Filed: 28 Sep 17
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4 Nov 20
An apparatus includes a first multileaf collimator comprising a plurality of pairs of beam-blocking leaves each comprising an end portion.
Corey Zankowski, Sasa Mutic
Filed: 29 Apr 19
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28 Oct 20
Example methods and apparatuses of controlling a user interface with a plurality of input mechanisms are disclosed.
Susan KOEHL, Ross HANNIBAL
Filed: 13 Jul 20
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28 Oct 20
A control circuit accesses information regarding a plurality of pre-existing vetted radiation treatment plans for a variety of patients and uses that information to train at least one model (such as a dose volume histogram estimation model).
Janne I. Nord, Joona Hartman, Esa Kuusela, Corey Zankowski
Filed: 12 Jul 20
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26 Oct 20
A dose rate-volume histogram can be generated for a target volume.
Deepak Khuntia, Edward Vertatschitsch, Eric Abel, Anthony Magliari, Christel Smith
Filed: 5 Mar 19
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21 Oct 20
Presented systems and methods facilitate efficient and effective monitoring of particle beams.
Mark Everett Trail, James Edward Clayton
Filed: 1 Jul 20
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14 Oct 20
An imaging apparatus includes: a first scintillator layer configured to provide first image signals with a first quantum efficiency and a first spatial resolution; a second scintillator layer configured to provide second image signals with a second quantum efficiency and a second spatial resolution, wherein the first quantum efficiency is lower than the second quantum efficiency, but the first spatial resolution is higher than the second spatial resolution; and an image combiner configured to combine the first image signals and the second image signals.
Pavlo Baturin, Adam Shar Wang, Liangjia Zhu
Filed: 24 Jun 20
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7 Oct 20
A phantom setup and source-to-surface distance (SSD) verification method uses radiation images.
Magdalena Constantin, HsinLu Hsu
Filed: 10 May 17
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30 Sep 20
Embodiments of the present invention provide a compact gantry designed to provide particle therapy using a particle beam.
Anthony Michael HUGGINS, Michael SCHILLO
Filed: 28 Mar 19
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30 Sep 20
Embodiments of the present invention provide a rotational gantry designed to provide proton radiation therapy using a mono-energetic proton beam.
Arno GODEKE, Juergen HEESE, Michael Schillo
Filed: 28 Mar 19
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30 Sep 20
A control circuit operably couples to a memory having a plurality of different radiation treatment applications stored therein, a data store having patient data stored therein, and at least a first user interface comprising a first display and a first user input interface.
Wayne Keranen, Beat Markwalder, Marco Meier, Michael Waschbuesch
Filed: 28 Mar 19
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28 Sep 20
A computer implemented method of determining a resultant treatment plan for a proton radiation therapy system based on given dose volume constraints, wherein the resultant treatment plan is optimized for treatment time comprises accessing the dose volume constraints and range information, wherein the range information indicates acceptable deviations from the dose volume constraints.
Isabel Huth, Christel Smith, Timo Koponen, Perttu Niemela, Markus Bach, Reynald Vanderstraten
Filed: 27 Sep 18
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14 Sep 20
A LINear particle ACcelerator (LINAC) simulator employs a Monte Carlo-based use of repeated random sampling to produce a simulated result representing use of a particular physical medical-services LINAC with particular corresponding real-world parameters.
Daren Sawkey, Ioan Antoniu Popescu, Michelle M. Svatos, Corey Zankowski
Filed: 30 Mar 16
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9 Sep 20
A method of generating a template image includes: receiving an input from a user representing identifications of an object in different respective slices of a volumetric image; using the input to determine a volume-of-interest (VOI) that includes voxels in a subset of the volumetric image; and determining the template image using at least some of the voxels in the VOI, wherein the act of determining the template image comprises performing a forward projection of the at least some of the voxels in the VOI using a processor.
Hassan MOSTAFAVI, Alexander SLOUTSKY, Andrew G. JEUNG
Filed: 21 May 20
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9 Sep 20
A dose rate-volume histogram is generated for a target volume.
Deepak KHUNTIA, Edward VERTATSCHITSCH, Eric ABEL, Anthony MAGLIARI, Christel SMITH
Filed: 5 Mar 19