Patents by Inventor Derek Graham Lane

Derek Graham Lane has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9539441
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of systems for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a carousel to display the plurality of images to a user and receive an input from the user for selecting one or more images displayed in the carousel. A graphical user interface may be provided for displaying to the user the one or more images selected from the carousel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ELEKTA AB (PUBL)
    Inventors: Derek Graham Lane, Andrew Philip Long
  • Publication number: 20150082220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of systems for radiotherapy. Embodiments of the present disclosure may provide a carousel to display the plurality of images to a user and receive an input from the user for selecting one or more images displayed in the carousel. A graphical user interface may be provided for displaying to the user the one or more images selected from the carousel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: Elekta AB (Publ)
    Inventors: Derek Graham Lane, Andrew Philip Long
  • Patent number: 7369645
    Abstract: A method for fast inverse planning of IMRT treatment plans is disclosed. The method relies on a computationally efficient algorithm for evaluating the gradient of a general class of objective functions, and also on the efficient optimization that is realized due to the directional conjugacy of the objective functions. Several types of clinically relevant objective functions that belong to this class are described. The computational evaluation relies on operations that are commonly used for signal- and image-processing, and so can benefit from a number of well-known acceleration techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventor: Derek Graham Lane
  • Patent number: 6931604
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for organizing and processing interconnected pieces of information (“nodes”) using a digital computer is disclosed. Each node has elements that may be text, images, audio, video, and other computer programs. A graph-based user interface presents the individual nodes in spatial arrangements that reflect the relationships among the nodes. User interaction indicating interest in a particular node results in an increase in the “activation” of that node. This leads to an increase in the size of the presentation of that node, as well as an increase in the size of the presentation of closely related nodes. The result is a unique user interaction paradigm that allows for intuitive traversal of complex collections of nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Derek Graham Lane
  • Publication number: 20020105552
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for organizing and processing interconnected pieces of information (“nodes”) using a digital computer is disclosed. Each node has elements that may be text, images, audio, video, and other computer programs. A graph-based user interface presents the individual nodes in spatial arrangements that reflect the relationships among the nodes. User interaction indicating interest in a particular node results in an increase in the “activation” of that node. This leads to an increase in the size of the presentation of that node, as well as an increase in the size of the presentation of closely related nodes. The result is a unique user interaction paradigm that allows for intuitive traversal of complex collections of nodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: August 8, 2002
    Inventor: Derek Graham Lane