Patents by Inventor Gary Liney

Gary Liney 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).

  • Radio-frequency coil for simultaneous imaging and dosimetry on an MRI-linac
    Patent number: 10391335
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a state of a Linac beam in an MRI-Linac system for real-time in vivo patient dosimetry is provided that includes disposing a Linac beam proximal to a PIN diode of an imaging RF coil to induce RF noise in an MRI image from an MRI imager, and using the MRI imager to monitor the induced RF noise in the MRI image, where a change in a percentage of RF noise in the MRI image is used to determine a state of the Linac beam in the presence of a magnetic field of the MRI imager, where the state of the Linac beam includes an ON state, an Off state, or a relative intensity of the Linac beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Ingham Institute for Applied Medical Research
    Inventors: Gary Liney, Bin Dong
  • Radio-frequency Coil for Simultaneous Imaging and Dosimetry on an MRI-Linac
    Publication number: 20180250527
    Abstract: A method of monitoring a state of a Linac beam in an MRI-Linac system for real-time in vivo patient dosimetry is provided that includes disposing a Linac beam proximal to a PIN diode of an imaging RF coil to induce RF noise in an MRI image from an MRI imager, and using the MRI imager to monitor the induced RF noise in the MRI image, where a change in a percentage of RF noise in the MRI image is used to determine a state of the Linac beam in the presence of a magnetic field of the MRI imager, where the state of the Linac beam includes an ON state, an Off state, or a relative intensity of the Linac beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventors: Gary Liney, Bin Dong