Patents by Inventor Ji Na Chang

Ji Na Chang 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: 7755031
    Abstract: A calibration phantom for quality assurance of an image-based radiotherapy apparatus The calibration phantom includes a body comprising a cylindrical acryl member having a predetermined diameter, the body having a center hole at a center axis thereof and a plurality of through-holes in outer circumferential portions thereof at a predetermined interval from the center hole; round stick-type density bars inserted into corresponding through-holes of the body and made of materials each with different densities; an acrylic cover detachably coupled with both ends of the body and having the same diameter as the body; and a plurality of bolts closely fastening the body with the cover by extending through the cover and the body and coupling with the nuts and each made of different materials. The cross-sectional shapes of the density bars and bolts appear on the image scanned by the CT apparatus and the radiotherapy apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Catholic University Industry Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Hong Seok Jang, Hoi Nam Kim, Tae Suk Suh, Ji Na Chang, Seoung Jong Oh, Won Kyun Jung, Teak Kwon Kim
  • Publication number: 20090190723
    Abstract: A calibration phantom for quality assurance of an image-based radiotherapy apparatus The calibration phantom includes a body comprising a cylindrical acryl member having a predetermined diameter, the body having a center hole at a center axis thereof and a plurality of through-holes in outer circumferential portions thereof at a predetermined interval from the center hole; round stick-type density bars inserted into corresponding through-holes of the body and made of materials each with different densities; an acrylic cover detachably coupled with both ends of the body and having the same diameter as the body; and a plurality of bolts closely fastening the body with the cover by extending through the cover and the body and coupling with the nuts and each made of different materials. The cross-sectional shapes of the density bars and bolts appear on the image scanned by the CT apparatus and the radiotherapy apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Inventors: Hong Seok Jang, HoI Nam Kim, Tae Suk Suh, Ji Na Chang, Seoung Jong Oh, Won Kyun Jung, Teak Kwon Kim