Patents by Inventor James A. Rathkopf

James A. Rathkopf 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).

  • Calculation of radiation therapy dose using all particle Monte Carlo transport
    Patent number: 5870697
    Abstract: The actual radiation dose absorbed in the body is calculated using three-dimensional Monte Carlo transport. Neutrons, protons, deuterons, tritons, helium-3, alpha particles, photons, electrons, and positrons are transported in a completely coupled manner, using this Monte Carlo All-Particle Method (MCAPM). The major elements of the invention include: computer hardware, user description of the patient, description of the radiation source, physical databases, Monte Carlo transport, and output of dose distributions. This facilitated the estimation of dose distributions on a Cartesian grid for neutrons, photons, electrons, positrons, and heavy charged-particles incident on any biological target, with resolutions ranging from microns to centimeters. Calculations can be extended to estimate dose distributions on general-geometry (non-Cartesian) grids for biological and/or non-biological media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 9, 1999
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: William P. Chandler, Christine L. Hartmann-Siantar, James A. Rathkopf