Patents by Inventor Zane J. Wilson

Zane J. Wilson 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).

  • Apparatus and method to facilitate dynamically adjusting radiation intensity for imaging purposes
    Patent number: 7991117
    Abstract: An x-ray-based radiation imaging apparatus (200) for use in imaging an object (201) can comprise a source of x-rays (202) having an output radiation intensity control input and a radiation intensity controller (207) operably coupled thereto. This radiation intensity controller can have a control output (209, 210) that is operably coupled to the output radiation intensity control input and an object information input (209). So configured, the radiation intensity controller can dynamically adjust radiation intensity as output by the source of x-rays as a function of information regarding the object itself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Gongyin Chen, Robert Edward Drubka, Zane J. Wilson
  • Apparatus and Method to Facilitate Dynamically Adjusting Radiation Intensity for Imaging Purposes
    Publication number: 20100177873
    Abstract: An x-ray-based radiation imaging apparatus (200) for use in imaging an object (201) can comprise a source of x-rays (202) having an output radiation intensity control input and a radiation intensity controller (207) operably coupled thereto. This radiation intensity controller can have a control output (209, 210) that is operably coupled to the output radiation intensity control input and an object information input (209). So configured, the radiation intensity controller can dynamically adjust radiation intensity as output by the source of x-rays as a function of information regarding the object itself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Gongyin Chen, Robert Edward Drubka, Zane J. Wilson