191 patents
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Projection mapping of radiation suites
16 Jan 24
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: 2 Sep 20
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System and method for scanning pattern optimization for flash therapy treatment planning
9 Jan 24
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and systems for proton therapy planning that maximize the dose rate for different target sizes for FLASH therapy treatment are disclosed herein according to embodiments of the present invention.
Jessica Perez, Eric Abel, Michael Folkerts, Christel Smith, Adam Harrington, Timo Koponen, Reynald Vanderstraeten, Anthony Magliari, Michiko Rossi
Filed: 3 Apr 20
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Flash therapy treatment planning and oncology information system having dose rate prescription and dose rate mapping
9 Jan 24
A computing system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), and memory coupled to the CPU and having stored therein instructions that, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to execute operations to generate a radiation treatment plan.
Christel Smith, Timo Koponen, Reynald Vanderstraeten, Anthony Magliari, Eric Abel, Jessica Perez, Michael Folkerts, Deepak Khuntia
Filed: 22 Dec 22
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Increased beam output and dynamic field shaping for radiotherapy system
2 Jan 24
Systems and methods provide a radiotherapy treatment by focusing an electron beam on an x-ray target (e.g., a tungsten plate) to produce a high-yield x-ray output with improved field shaping.
Anuj Purwar, Dragos Constantin, James Clayton
Filed: 9 Apr 21
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Blood-tissue surface based radiosurgical renal treatment planning
19 Dec 23
Devices, systems, and methods for planning radiosurgical treatments for neuromodulating a portion of the renovascular system may be used to plan radiosurgical neuromodulation treatments for conditions or disease associated with elevated central sympathetic drive.
Patrick Maguire, Edward Gardner
Filed: 22 Sep 21
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Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
19 Dec 23
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s).
Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
Filed: 30 Dec 20
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Systems and methods for real-time target validation for image-guided radiation therapy
21 Nov 23
Systems and methods for real-time target validation during radiation treatment therapy based on real-time target displacement and radiation dosimetry measurements.
John Rodenbeck Adler, Jr., Jianing Shi, James E. Clayton
Filed: 13 Feb 23
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Variable cryosurgical probe planning system
14 Nov 23
A cryosurgical system including a computer system programmed with software configured to perform the following steps: a) capturing at least one first view of a region of interest in a human body; b) capturing at least one second view of the region of interest; c) outlining the region of interest and at least one area outside the region of interest with the assistance of an operator; d) constructing a 3-dimensional model of the region of interest and the at least one area outside the region of interest utilizing the at least one first view and the at least one second view of the region of interest; and e) utilizing the 3-dimensional model of the region of interest and the at least one area outside the region of interest to determine at least one cryosurgical probe placement location.
Shenghao Bao, Jay J. Eum
Filed: 16 Feb 21
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Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
14 Nov 23
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s).
Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
Filed: 30 Dec 20
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Brachytherapy applicator formation method and apparatus
14 Nov 23
A brachytherapy applicator is formed to use when administering therapeutic radiation to a particular patient's targeted area via brachytherapy.
Rebecca Park
Filed: 13 Dec 19
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Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
17 Oct 23
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s).
Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
Filed: 30 Dec 20
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Systems, methods, and devices for real-time treatment verification using an electronic portal imaging device
17 Oct 23
A radiation dose received by a patient from a radiation therapy system can be verified by acquiring a cine stream of image frames from an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) that is arranged to detect radiation exiting the patient during irradiation.
Christof Baltes, Todd Holmes
Filed: 26 May 21
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Radiotherapy methods, systems, and workflow-oriented graphical user interfaces
17 Oct 23
Disclosed herein are radiotherapy methods and systems that can display a workflow-oriented graphical user interface(s).
Filip Vojan, Brian Spatola
Filed: 30 Dec 20
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Method and system for remote monitoring of proton beam emitting and delivery systems
10 Oct 23
A remote diagnostic monitoring of operating states for physical components of a particle accelerator system includes generating, by at least one processor, a component hierarchy corresponding to a physical arrangement of one or more physical components of a particle emitting system and including corresponding operating indicators of operating states of the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, a faulted physical component among the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more fault path components among the physical components, the fault path components corresponding to a portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component, and modifying, by the at least one processor, the operating indicators of the fault path components to fault state indicators.
Brian Forbes, Joel Rumley, Imran Tariq, Eric Grossimon, Brian Morse
Filed: 10 Aug 22
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Methods of use of ultra-high dose rate radiation and therapeutic agent
3 Oct 23
Methods for treating tumors by administering FLASH radiation and a therapeutic agent to a patient with cancer are disclosed.
Renate Parry, Eric Abel, Swati Girdhani, Stanley Mansfield, Patrick Kupelian, Deepak Khuntia
Filed: 27 Sep 21
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Systems, methods, and devices for multi-energy x-ray imaging
3 Oct 23
A system can have an x-ray source that generates a series of individual x-ray pulses for multi-energy imaging.
Arundhuti Ganguly, Gary F. Virshup, Michelle Richmond, Billy Dan Jones
Filed: 6 Feb 23
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Hybrid trajectory and beam angle optimization for external beam radiation therapy
3 Oct 23
A method of determining treatment geometries for a radiotherapy treatment includes providing a patient model having one or more regions of interest (ROIs); defining a delivery coordinate space (DCS); for each beam's eye view (BEV) plane of each vertex in the DCS, and for each ROI, evaluating a dose of the ROI using transport solutions; evaluating a BEV scores of each pixel of the BEV plane using the doses of the one or more ROIs; determining one or more BEV regions in the BEV plane based on the BEV scores; determining a BEV region connectivity manifold based on the BEV regions; determining a set of treatment trajectories based on the BEV region connectivity manifold; and determining one or more IMRT fields.
Santtu Ollila
Filed: 21 Jul 22
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Magnetoresistive linear position detection in a radiation therapy system
3 Oct 23
A multileaf collimator includes a plurality of movable leaves for shaping a radiotherapy beam, wherein each leaf is independently movable in a same linear travel direction.
Garrett Weston Landrith, Moussa Najib Iskandar, Michael William Weitzel, Chris McWilliams
Filed: 28 May 22
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Quality assurance process for radiation therapy treatment planning
26 Sep 23
A method enables testing and evaluation of an expert human reviewer or an artificial intelligence (AI) error detection engine associated with a radiotherapy treatment planning process.
Charles Adelsheim
Filed: 24 Jun 19
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Geometric aspects of radiation therapy planning and treatment
26 Sep 23
Radiation treatment planning includes determining a number of beams to be directed into a target, determining directions (e.g., gantry angles) for the beams, and determining an energy level for each of the beams.
Reynald Vanderstraten, Eric Abel, Christel Smith, Anthony Magliari, Timo Koponen, Josh Star-Lack
Filed: 31 Jan 20