Patents by Inventor Holly Ning

Holly Ning 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 process for dose-guided radiotherapy
    Patent number: 7554090
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for dose-guided radiotherapy for a patient (P) having an identified radiotherapy target utilizes a radiation detecting array (R) of radiation-sensitive dosimeters for the real-time remote measurement of radiotherapy at the radiation detecting array (R). The radiation detecting array is positioned within the patient's (P) body along the treatment path before or after the identified radiotherapy target or the device may be positioned beyond the patient (P) to measure transit dose. A radiation source (A) for emitting radiation for radiotherapy along a treatment path through the patient (P) to the identified radiotherapy target is utilized. The method includes generating a predicted dose pattern of radiation at the placed radiation detecting array (R). The predicted dose pattern assumes an on-target radiation source (A) emitting the radiotherapy beam along the treatment path through the patient (P) to the identified radiotherapy target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignees: The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services, The United States of America as represent by the Secretary of the Navy
    Inventors: C. Norman Coleman, Robert Miller, Rosemary Altemus, Holly Ning, Alan Lee Huston, Brian L. Justus, Paul Falkenstein
  • Apparatus and process for dose-guided radiotherapy
    Publication number: 20070058778
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for dose-guided radiotherapy for a patient (P) having an identified radiotherapy target utilizes a radiation detecting array (R) of radiation-sensitive dosimeters for the real-time remote measurement of radiotherapy at the radiation detecting array (R). The radiation detecting array is positioned within the patient's (P) body along the treatment path before or after the identified radiotherapy target or the device may be positioned beyond the patient (P) to measure transit dose. A radiation source (A) for emitting radiation for radiotherapy along a treatment path through the patient (P) to the identified radiotherapy target is utilized. The method includes generating a predicted dose pattern of radiationa at the placed radiation detecting array (R). The predicted dose pattern assumes an on-target radiation source (A) emitting the radiotherapy beam along the treatment path through the patient (P) to the identified radiotherapy target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2004
    Publication date: March 15, 2007
    Inventors: C. Coleman, Robert Miller, Rosemary Altemus, Holly Ning, Alan Huston, Brian Justus, Paul Falkenstein