191 patents
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Heart tissue surface contour-based radiosurgical treatment planning
24 Aug 21
A system that generates a three-dimensional model of a tissue surface, for example the inner surface of the heart from two-dimensional image data slices.
Thilaka Sumanaweera, Ed Gardner, Oliver Blanck, Tao Cai, Darrin Uecker, Patrick Maguire
Filed: 19 Nov 18
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Systems, methods, and devices for real-time treatment verification using an electronic portal imaging device
17 Aug 21
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: 10 Apr 20
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System and method for biological treatment planning and decision support
17 Aug 21
Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated solution to radiotherapy treatment planning that enables accurate recording and accumulation of physical parameters as input (e.g., dose, dose rate, irradiation time per voxel, etc.).
Michael Matthew Folkerts, Jessica Perez, Christel Smith, Eric Abel, Anthony Magliari, Reynald Vanderstraeten, Timo Kalevi Koponen, Renate Parry, Alexander Katsis, Rajiv Dua, Michiko Alcanzare, Perttu Niemela, Matti Ropo
Filed: 8 Mar 19
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Apparatus and method for real-time tracking of bony structures
3 Aug 21
A method for measuring skin thickness.
John R. Adler, Jr., Ralf Bruder, Floris Ernst, Achim Schweikard
Filed: 12 Feb 19
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Scintillating glass pixelated imager
3 Aug 21
In a method of making pixelated scintillators, a block of an amorphous scintillator material is divided into plural sections.
Daniel Shedlock, Josh M. Star-Lack, Adam Wang
Filed: 22 Feb 19
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Imaging-based self-adjusting radiation therapy systems, devices, and methods
13 Jul 21
Systems, devices, and methods are presented for automatic tuning, calibration, and verification of radiation therapy systems comprising control elements configured to control parameters of the radiation therapy systems based on images obtained using electronic portal imaging devices (EPIDs) included in the radiation therapy system.
Robert T. Wiggers, Daryl Leung, Reto W. Filiberti, Daniel Morf, Diana Kung, Stephen Gaudio
Filed: 12 Oct 17
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Loadable polymeric particles for therapeutic and/or diagnostic applications and methods of preparing and using the same
6 Jul 21
Particles are provided for use in therapeutic and/or diagnostic procedures.
Philipp Harder, Olaf Fritz, Ulf Fritz
Filed: 15 Nov 16
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Cone-beam computed tomography imaging devices, systems, and methods
29 Jun 21
Cone-beam computer tomography systems, devices, and methods for image acquisition of large target volumes using partial scans.
David Kirk Jensen, Reto W. Filiberti, Markus Oelhafen, Aime Pascal Laurence Paysan
Filed: 18 Nov 13
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Knowledge-based spatial dose metrics and methods to generate beam orientations in radiotherapy
8 Jun 21
A system for estimating a dose from a radiation therapy plan includes a memory that stores machine-readable instructions and a processor communicatively coupled to the memory, the processor operable to execute the instructions to subdivide a representation of a volume of interest into voxels.
Corey Zankowski, Janne Nord, Maria Isabel Cordero Marcos, Joona Hartman, Jarkko Peltola, Esa Kuusela
Filed: 4 Sep 18
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Radiation therapy system with multiple X-ray imagers for near real-time localization
8 Jun 21
A radiation therapy system is configured to enable imaging and treatment of a target volume during a single patient breath hold.
John Van Heteren, Liangjia Zhu, Daniel Morf, Stefan Georg Scheib, Pascal Paysan
Filed: 25 Jun 19
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Imaging devices
25 May 21
An imaging device includes: a first scintillator layer; an array of detector elements, wherein the array of detector elements comprises a first detector element; a second scintillator layer configured to receive radiation after the radiation has passed through the first scintillator layer and the array of detector elements, wherein the array of detector elements is located between the first scintillator layer and the second scintillator layer; a first electrode located closer to the first scintillator than the second scintillator; and a second electrode situated between the second scintillator and the first detector element; the first detector element configured to generate a first electrical signal in response to light from the first scintillator layer, and to generate a second electrical signal in response to light from the second scintillator layer; the second electrode configured to allow the light from the second scintillator layer to reach the first detector element.
Daniel Morf, Josh Star-Lack
Filed: 26 Apr 18
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Electromagnetic interference containment for accelerator systems
25 May 21
An apparatus for coupling to an input connection of an electron gun, the input connection having a heater terminal and a cathode terminal, includes: a connector having a first end and a second end; wherein the first end of the connector is configured to attach to a cable; wherein the second end of the connector is configured to connect to the input connection of the electron gun; and wherein the connector comprises an opening configured to receive the heater terminal of the input connection of the electron gun.
Mark E. Trail, Rudolf H. Potter
Filed: 20 Dec 19
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Increased beam output and dynamic field shaping for radiotherapy system
18 May 21
Systems and methods provide 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: 16 Nov 18
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Method and system for mobile high-energy radiation treatment environment
18 May 21
The present invention is directed to a method, system, and article of manufacture of a treatment environment engine on a mobile device to allow performance of workflow tasks inside of a high radiation medical procedure room.
Srinath Hariharan Kashyap
Filed: 4 Feb 19
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Patient object mapping techniques
11 May 21
Techniques for the mapping, selection and import of patient medical objects can include receiving metadata of a plurality of patient medical objects from one or more data sources.
Tobias Gass, Benjamin Haas, Tomasz Morgas, Joao Neta, Pawel Zak, Yarema Mazuryk
Filed: 28 Sep 18
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Renovascular treatment device, system, and method for radiosurgically alleviating hypertension
13 Apr 21
A radiosurgical method for treating cardiorenal disease of a patient, the method including directing radiosurgery radiation from outside the patient towards one or more target treatment regions encompassing sympathetic ganglia of the patient so as to inhibit the cardiorenal disease.
Patrick Maguire, Edward Gardner
Filed: 11 Feb 19
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Dynamic three-dimensional beam modification for radiation therapy
13 Apr 21
A beam modifier shapes the distribution of a dose delivered to a target by a radiation beam emitted from a beam emitter of a radiotherapy device, particularly a beam that delivers a high radiation dose within a single, short period of time (e.g., less than a second).
Elizabeth Bowman, Roberto Luevano, Stephen Mohr, Cody Hellstern, Borislav Djurovic
Filed: 14 Dec 17
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Color-coded and sized loadable polymeric particles for therapeutic and/or diagnostic applications and methods of preparing and using the same
13 Apr 21
Polymeric particles are provided for use in therapeutic and/or diagnostic procedures.
Ulf Fritz, Olaf Fritz, Thomas A. Gordy, Ronald Wojcik, Jacques Blummel, Alexander Kuller
Filed: 22 May 15
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Multileaf collimator cone enabling stereotactic radiosurgery
13 Apr 21
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: 30 Apr 19
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Radiation treatment planning and delivery for moving targets in the heart
13 Apr 21
Method and systems are disclosed for radiating a moving target inside a heart.
Thilaka Sumanaweera, Patrick Maguire, Ed Gardner
Filed: 19 Nov 18