Range compensators for radiation therapy

E Abel, C Zankowski - US Patent 11,712,579, 2023 - Google Patents
A system for treating a patient during radiation therapy includes range compensators. Each
of the range compensators shapes a distribution of a dose delivered to the patient by a …

Material inserts for radiation therapy

E Abel, C Zankowski, J Perez, A Magliari… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
B2 12/2 ()|| 1 P32 2/2 ()|| 2 P32 S/2012 P32||()/2 ()|| 2 P32 1 1/2 () 12 Þ32 3/2 () 13 Þ32 3/2 ()
13 Þ32 3/2 ()|| 3 B2 1 ()/2 () 13 P32 12/2 ()|| 3 P32 12/20 13 P32 12/20 13 Þ32 1/2 () 14 Þ3 …

Systems and methods for generating radiation treatment plan

Z Jingjie, L Wang, C Ni, J Stahl, J Maltz - US Patent 11,071,877, 2021 - Google Patents
A method for generating a radiation treatment plan is provided. The method may include
determining a set of one or more optimization goals for radiation delivery by a therapeutic …

Multi-leaf collimator

J Stahl, J Maltz - US Patent 10,892,064, 2021 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A multi-leaf collimator is provided. The multi-leaf collima tor may include a
plurality of leaves configured to shield radiation beams. At least two leaves of the plurality of …

Flash therapy treatment planning and oncology information system having dose rate prescription and dose rate mapping

C Smith, T Koponen, R Vanderstraeten… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
(57) ABSTRACT A computing system comprising a central processing unit (CPU), and
memory coupled to the CPU and having stored therein instructions that, when executed by …

Increased beam output and dynamic field shaping for radiotherapy system

A Purwar, D Constantin, J Clayton - US Patent 11,007,381, 2021 - Google Patents
Abstract Systems and methods provide radiotherapy treatment by focusing an electron beam
on an x-ray target (eg, a tungsten plate) to produce a high-yield x-ray output with improved …

System and method for scanning pattern optimization for flash therapy treatment planning

J Perez, E Abel, M Folkerts, C Smith… - US Patent …, 2024 - Google Patents
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 …

Radiation anode target systems and methods

J Star-Lack, J Clayton - US Patent 11,348,755, 2022 - Google Patents
Presented systems and methods facilitate efficient and effective generation and delivery of
radiation. A radiation generation system can comprise: a particle beam gun, a high energy …

Defining dose rate for pencil beam scanning

M Folkerts, E Abel, S Busold, J Perez… - US Patent …, 2023 - Google Patents
The dose rate of voxels within a particle beam (eg, proton beam) treatment field delivered
using pencil beam scanning (PBS) is calculated, and a representative dose rate for the …

Systems and methods for planning, controlling and/or delivering radiotherapy and radiosurgery using combined optimization of dynamic axes (coda)

RL Macdonald, S Alasdair, CG Thomas… - US Patent App. 17 …, 2021 - Google Patents
Methods and systems for radiation treatment planning and delivery apply a CODA cube.
Cost values in the CODA cube may be used in the optimization of couch, collimator, and …