Patents by Inventor Athanasios ETMEKTZOGLOU

Athanasios ETMEKTZOGLOU 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).

  • Multi-source radiation system and method for interwoven radiotherapy and imaging
    Patent number: 8873710
    Abstract: An arc radiotherapy and imaging system is provided which includes a first radiation source and a second radiation source. The first radiation source is suitable for treating a region of a patient, and the second radiation source is suitable for imaging the region of the patient. A control is also provided for automatically adjusting system operation, according to a defined schedule, between treating the region of the patient using the first radiation source and imaging the region of the patient using the second radiation source, thereby facilitating both treating and imaging of the region of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignees: Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: C. Clifton Ling, Margie A. Hunt, Pengpeng Zhang, Athanasios Etmektzoglou, Edward Shapiro
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS PERTAINING TO IRRADIATING A TREATMENT VOLUME WHILE MAINTAINING THE TREATMENT VOLUME A PREDETERMINED OFFSET DISTANCE FROM THE RADIATION-TREATMENT ISOCENTER
    Publication number: 20140270077
    Abstract: A control circuit is configured to control selective movement of at least the patient-support platform (during a radiation treatment session and typically while the radiation source is also moving) such that during at least a part of the radiation treatment session a patient's radiation-treatment target volume is maintained at a predetermined offset distance away from the radiation-treatment isocenter. By one approach the control circuit maintains that predetermined offset distance for the duration of the radiation treatment session. By one approach, the control circuit is further configured to control selective movement of at least the patient-support platform such that during the radiation treatment session the patient's radiation-treatment target volume moves along a predetermined trajectory (even while maintaining the aforementioned predetermined offset distance).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Athanasios Etmektzoglou
  • MULTI-SOURCE RADIATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTERWOVEN RADIOTHERAPY AND IMAGING
    Publication number: 20120230464
    Abstract: An arc radiotherapy and imaging system is provided which includes a first radiation source and a second radiation source. The first radiation source is suitable for treating a region of a patient, and the second radiation source is suitable for imaging the region of the patient. A control is also provided for automatically adjusting system operation, according to a defined schedule, between treating the region of the patient using the first radiation source and imaging the region of the patient using the second radiation source, thereby facilitating both treating and imaging of the region of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: VARIAN MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., SLOAN-KETTERING INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH
    Inventors: C. Clifton LING, Margie A. HUNT, Pengpeng ZHANG, Athanasios ETMEKTZOGLOU, Edward SHAPIRO