Patents by Inventor Dan Ruan

Dan Ruan 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: 11929840
    Abstract: Management of web conference assets in a content management system. At the conclusion of a web conferencing session, an event is raised at the content management system. Various web conference assets (e.g., recordings) and web conference parameters are analyzed in conjunction with content management system metadata. Based on the analysis, one or more actions to perform on the web conference assets are determined. The content management system metadata may include user profile information of at least one web conference participant. Rules and/or a classification model that considers then-current conditions at the content management system are used singly, or in combination, to determine action characteristics and/or labels such as a retention period or security classifications to apply to the web conference assets. The web conference assets are stored in a hierarchical directory at the content management system. The hierarchy of the directory is derived from aspects of the web conferencing facility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Box, Inc.
    Inventors: Anna Quincy, Dan O'Leary, Nathaniel Schlein, Michelle Sangeun Oh, Irving Ruan, Aaron Levie
  • Patent number: 10987523
    Abstract: In certain embodiments novel sparse orthogonal collimators (SOCs) for use in radiotherapy are provided. In certain embodiments the SOCs comprise 2 layer 4 bank orthogonal collimators with 2-8 leaves in each of the 4 banks. Instead of using the limited heuristic approach to create jaw-only IMRT, a novel fluence map optimization method is provided based on wavelet decomposition and this method is used for IMRT. An algorithm to simplify the fluence maps with minimal and predictable dose quality compromise is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ke Sheng, Dan Nguyen, Dan Ruan
  • Patent number: 10549116
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and devices are provided for generating a radiotherapy treatment plan for a subject to be implemented on a radiotherapy device. In certain embodiments the methods involve determining all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations free of collision for said radiotherapy device and said subject to provide a set of radiotherapy beam orientations; selecting from the set of all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations a subset of beams that meet treatment goals to be used in treatment of the subject to provide a selected beam set; calculating a navigation trajectory for the radiotherapy device to delivery said subset of beams to the subject where the trajectory is free of collision; and generating and writing instruction files to a tangible medium that can be executed by said radiotherapy device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Ke Sheng, Dan Ruan, Daniel A. Low
  • Publication number: 20190054316
    Abstract: In certain embodiments novel sparse orthogonal collimators (SOCs) for use in radiotherapy are provided. In certain embodiments the SOCs comprise 2 layer 4 bank orthogonal collimators with 2-8 leaves in each of the 4 banks. Instead of using the limited heuristic approach to create jaw-only IMRT, a novel fluence map optimization method is provided based on wavelet decomposition and this method is used for IMRT. An algorithm to simplify the fluence maps with minimal and predictable dose quality compromise is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Ke SHENG, Dan NGUYEN, Dan RUAN
  • Publication number: 20180043183
    Abstract: In various embodiments, methods and devices are provided for generating a radiotherapy treatment plan for a subject to be implemented on a radiotherapy device. In certain embodiments the methods involve determining all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations free of collision for said radiotherapy device and said subject to provide a set of radiotherapy beam orientations; selecting from the set of all feasible radiotherapy beam orientations a subset of beams that meet treatment goals to be used in treatment of the subject to provide a selected beam set; calculating a navigation trajectory for the radiotherapy device to delivery said subset of beams to the subject where the trajectory is free of collision; and generating and writing instruction files to a tangible medium that can be executed by said radiotherapy device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Ke Sheng, Dan Ruan, Dan A. Low
  • Publication number: 20150257718
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems and therapeutics concerning radiotherapy of microscopic disease based on realtime imaging. The system comprises an intra-corporeal component and an extra-corporeal component. The intra-corporeal component comprises a detector/imaging subunit and a treatment subunit, where both subunits are placed in a cavity of a patient. The extra-corporeal component comprises a detector that is placed outside any cavity of the patient. Through this system, a treatment can be applied to a target tissue in a patient concurrently or within a short period time to signal detections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2013
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Keisuke S. Iwamoto, Magnus Dahlbom, John J. Demarco, Dan Ruan
  • Patent number: 8971489
    Abstract: A method of multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf positioning in tracking-based adaptive radiotherapy is provided. The method includes determining a radiotherapy beam pattern by transforming a treatment beam plan into radiotherapy beam coordinates, determining a dose discrepancy between the radiotherapy beam pattern and a deliverable MLC aperture, where the dose discrepancy includes a sum of an overdose cost and an underdose cost to a treatment volume, and minimizing the dose discrepancy, where the dose discrepancy minimization provides a determined deliverable MLC aperture for the radiotherapy beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Dan Ruan, Paul J. Keall, Amit Sawant
  • Patent number: 8837674
    Abstract: A method of minimizing radiation toxicity in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is provided that includes using a probabilistic prediction algorithm that is operated on a suitably programmed computer and includes multimodality inputs and provides real-time geometric and topological target estimates to compensate for system latency, using an online adaptive imaging system that provides radiographic images of the target when the geometric and topological target estimates are in a region of predefined uncertainty, and using an image dose control algorithm, operating on a suitably programmed computer, that includes parameters for controlling dose per image, where instances for image acquisition are optimized according to a planned dose pattern and delivery result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Dan Ruan, Paul J. Keall
  • Publication number: 20120099704
    Abstract: A method of multileaf collimator (MLC) leaf positioning in tracking-based adaptive radiotherapy is provided. The method includes determining a radiotherapy beam pattern by transforming a treatment beam plan into radiotherapy beam coordinates, determining a dose discrepancy between the radiotherapy beam pattern and a deliverable MLC aperture, where the dose discrepancy includes a sum of an overdose cost and an underdose cost to a treatment volume, and minimizing the dose discrepancy, where the dose discrepancy minimization provides a determined deliverable MLC aperture for the radiotherapy beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LELAND STANFORD JUNIOR UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Dan Ruan, Paul J. Keall, Amit Sawant
  • Publication number: 20120076270
    Abstract: A method of minimizing radiation toxicity in image guided radiotherapy (IGRT) is provided that includes using a probabilistic prediction algorithm that is operated on a suitably programmed computer and includes multimodality inputs and provides real-time geometric and topological target estimates to compensate for system latency, using an online adaptive imaging system that provides radiographic images of the target when the geometric and topological target estimates are in a region of predefined uncertainty, and using an image dose control algorithm, operating on a suitably programmed computer, that includes parameters for controlling dose per image, where instances for image acquisition are optimized according to a planned dose pattern and delivery result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 29, 2012
    Inventors: Dan Ruan, Paul J. Keall
  • Publication number: 20110009761
    Abstract: A method of profiling respiratory motion is provided that includes estimating a temporal respiratory pattern, using a warping function to map the temporal respiratory pattern to a corresponding phase value, using a baseline drift function to determine drift in the temporal respiratory pattern, and noise filtering the temporal respiratory pattern, where variations in a respiratory motion are provided. The warping function includes combining an elliptical shape prior for providing iso-phase events in real-time, where the elliptical shape prior is in an augmented state space and Poincare´ sectioned. Parameters of the ellipse are estimated, where a projection of a center of the ellipse onto an observed respiratory position provides a real-time estimation for baseline drift of the respiratory motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventors: Dan Ruan, Paul J. Keall