Gantry image guided radiotherapy system and related treatment delivery methods

CR Maurer Jr - US Patent 8,917,813, 2014 - Google Patents
Systems, methods, and related computer program products for image-guided radiation
treatment (IGRT) are described. Provided according to one preferred embodiment is an …

Target Tracking for image-guided radiation treatment

ES Thomson, CR Maurer Jr - US Patent 8,559,596, 2013 - Google Patents
2017-06-15 Assigned to MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST (AS SUCCESSOR BY ASSIGNMENT
FROM MIDCAP FINANCIAL TRUST) reassignment MIDCAP FUNDING IV TRUST (AS …

Radiation treatment delivery system with translatable ring gantry

CR Maurer Jr - US Patent 9,687,200, 2017 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems, methods, and related computer program products for image-guided
radiation treatment (IGRT) are described. For one preferred embodiment, an IGRT apparatus …

Method and system for the presentation of blood vessel structures and identified pathologies

G Begelman, R Goldenberg, S Levanon… - US Patent …, 2010 - Google Patents
A method of presenting information associated with a blood vessel to a user for assessment
of the blood vessel is provided. A two-dimensional slice of three-dimensional imaging data …

System and method for motion adaptive optimization for radiation therapy delivery

W Lu, M Chen, Q Chen, KJ Ruchala… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
A system and method of optimizing delivery of a radiation therapy treatment. The system
optimizes treatment delivery in real-time to take into account a variety of factors, such as …

Method and system for automatic analysis of blood vessel structures to identify calcium or soft plaque pathologies

G Begelman, R Goldenberg, S Levanon… - US Patent …, 2011 - Google Patents
A method of identifying a calcium and/or a soft plaque deposit in a blood vessel using
imaging data of the blood vessel is provided. A first threshold is applied to a slice of three …

System and method of treating a patient with radiation therapy

GH Olivera, TR Mackie, JM Kapatoes… - US Patent …, 2012 - Google Patents
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System and method for motion adaptive optimization for radiation therapy delivery

W Lu, M Chen, Q Chen, KJ Ruchala… - US Patent …, 2013 - Google Patents
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delivery - Google Patents US8467497B2 - System and method for motion adaptive optimization …

Computed tomography breast imaging and biopsy system

RB Shores, M Nields, DE Gustafson… - US Patent App. 12 …, 2009 - Google Patents
BACKGROUND 0003. Existing prone breast biopsy systems such as described in US Pat.
No. 5,078,142 to Siczek et al. and US Pat. No. 5.289. 520 to Pellegrino et al. allow …

Method and apparatus for characterizing the temporal resolution of an imaging device

AH Slocum, R Gupta, SE Jones - US Patent 7,863,897, 2011 - Google Patents
The present invention overcomes the aforementioned limi tations by providing a system and
method for acquiring data that can be used to generate a t-MTF for a given imaging device …