Patents by Inventor Jonathan Maltz
Jonathan Maltz 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).
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Publication number: 20260199707Abstract: A radiation system may include a treatment head configured to deliver a treatment beam to an object, a first assistance assembly configured to facilitate a delivery of the treatment beam, a first imaging radiation source configured to direct a first imaging beam toward the object, a first detector configured to detect at least a portion of the first imaging beam, and a second assistance assembly configured to facilitate a delivery of the first imaging beam. The gantry may include a first gantry portion having a rotation axis and a second gantry portion located next to the first gantry portion along the rotation axis. The treatment head, the first imaging radiation source, and the first detector may be disposed on the first gantry portion. The first assistance assembly and the second assistance assembly may be housed within the second gantry portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2026Publication date: July 16, 2026Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan MALTZ, Cheng NI
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Patent number: 12626377Abstract: Systems and methods for image registration are provided. The method may include obtaining a reference image of an object (510); the object includes a target volume; determining a registration mask associated with a region of interest (ROI) based on the reference image (520), the ROI includes at least a portion of the target volume; obtaining a target image of the object (530); and performing an image registration on the reference image and the target image based on the registration mask (540).Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2023Date of Patent: May 12, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongcheng Yang, Jonathan Maltz
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Patent number: 12620154Abstract: A method for correcting projection images in CT image reconstruction is provided. The method may include obtaining a plurality of projection images of a subject. Each of the plurality of projection images may correspond to one of the plurality of gantry angles. The method may further include correcting a first projection image of the plurality of projection images according to a process for generating a corrected projection image. The process may include performing, based on the first projection image and a second projection image of the plurality of projection images, a first correction on the first projection image to generate a preliminary corrected first projection image. The process may also include performing, based on at least part of the preliminary corrected first projection image, a second correction on the preliminary corrected first projection image to generate a corrected first projection image corresponding to the first gantry angle.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2024Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongcheng Yang, Jianwei Zhu, Haining Sun, Jonathan Maltz
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Patent number: 12605133Abstract: A system for limited view imaging is provided. The system may obtain a reference image of an object. The system may identify, from the reference image, one or more critical boundaries between a target organ of the object and one or more adjacent organs of the target organ. The system may determine an imaging angle range of the object based on the one or more critical boundaries. The system may further cause an imaging device to scan the object based on the imaging angle range, the object being in a breath-hold state during the scan.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 21, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Maltz, Supratik Bose
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Patent number: 12601694Abstract: Various systems and methods are provided for processing computed tomography (CT) data in a CT imaging system. The CT imaging system comprising an X-ray source configured to emit X-rays, an X-ray detector configured to generate sampled digital detector data and a digital processor configured to process the sampled digital detector data. The method comprises filtering, in the digital processor, the sampled digital detector data to generate filtered detector data and resampling, in the digital processor, the filtered detector data to generate resampled detector data. The resampling comprises a reduction in data size of the filtered detector data. The filtering is performed on at least part of the sampled digital detector data according to a filtering setting and the resampling is performed on at least part of the filtered digital detector data according to a resampling setting, wherein the filtering setting and resampling setting are decoupled.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2023Date of Patent: April 14, 2026Assignee: GE Precision Healthcare LLCInventors: Norbert J. Pelc, Bruno De Man, Jiahua Fan, Lusik Cherkezyan, Moa Yveborg Tamm, Jonathan Maltz
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Patent number: 12544597Abstract: A radiation system may include a treatment head configured to deliver a treatment beam to an object, a first assistance assembly configured to facilitate a delivery of the treatment beam, a first imaging radiation source configured to direct a first imaging beam toward the object, a first detector configured to detect at least a portion of the first imaging beam, and a second assistance assembly configured to facilitate a delivery of the first imaging beam. The gantry may include a first gantry portion having a rotation axis and a second gantry portion located next to the first gantry portion along the rotation axis. The treatment head, the first imaging radiation source, and the first detector may be disposed on the first gantry portion. The first assistance assembly and the second assistance assembly may be housed within the second gantry portion.Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2024Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Maltz, Cheng Ni
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Patent number: 12533530Abstract: The disclosure provides a system for EGRT. The system may include a radiotherapy device for treating a subject. The radiotherapy device may include a scintillation camera that is directed at an ROI of the subject. The subject may be injected with a radioactive tracer or implanted with a radioactive marker before treatment. The ROI may undergo a physiological motion during the treatment. The system may deliver a treatment session to the subject by the radiotherapy device. During the treatment session, the system may acquire a target image of the ROI indicative of a distribution of the radioactive tracer or the radioactive maker in the ROI by the scintillation camera, and adapt a radiation beam to be delivered to the subject with respect to the physiological motion of the ROI by adjusting the radiation beam based on the target image.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2024Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventor: Jonathan Maltz
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Publication number: 20260007906Abstract: A method for generating a radiation treatment plan is provided. The method may include determining a set of one or more optimization goals for radiation delivery by a therapeutic radiation delivery apparatus. The method may also include determining a plan for radiation delivery from a radiation source of the therapeutic radiation delivery apparatus. The radiation source may be capable of continuously rotating around a subject. The plan may include a plurality of radiation segments. Each radiation segment may be characterized by at least one parameter selected from a start angle, a stop angle, a two-dimensional segment shape, or a segment MU value such that the plurality of radiation segments satisfy the set of one or more optimization goals by superimposing at least two radiation segments from at least two different rotations into a target volume of the subject.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2024Publication date: January 8, 2026Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingjie ZHOU, Li WANG, Cheng NI, Johannes STAHL, Jonathan MALTZ
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Patent number: 12516765Abstract: A system for equalizing a pressure in an ionization chamber of a radiation device is provided. The system may include the ionization chamber including: a chamber housing including one or more chamber walls; a chamber volume inside the chamber housing, the chamber volume being filled with a radiation sensitive material; and a pressure adjustment apparatus operably coupled to the chamber volume via at least one wall of the one or more chamber walls, the pressure adjustment apparatus being configured to equalize a first pressure of the radiation sensitive material inside the chamber volume and a second pressure of ambient air outside the chamber housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 6, 2026Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Maltz, Johannes Stahl
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Patent number: 12496034Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for patient monitoring. The system may cause a medical device to perform a treatment or a scan on a patient who remains in a breath-hold status. During the treatment or the scan of the patient, the system may acquire one or more parameter values relating to one or more status parameters that reflect the breath-hold status of the patient using a monitoring device. The system may also predict a breaking point of the breath-hold status based on the one or more parameter value. The system may further adjust the treatment or the scan based on the breaking point of the breath-hold status.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2022Date of Patent: December 16, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Maltz, Johannes Stahl
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Patent number: 12478804Abstract: A radiation treatment system may include a gantry configured to rotate around an object, a treatment head moving with the gantry, a plurality of imaging radiation sources configured to emit imaging beams toward the object, and one or more first detectors configured to detect at least a portion of the imaging beams. When the treatment head is delivering a treatment beam to the object, the plurality of imaging radiation sources and the one or more first detectors may be positioned outside at least a portion of a maximum treatment radiation region so as not to interfere with the treatment beam. At least one of the plurality of imaging radiation sources and the one or more first detectors may be positioned at or near an edge of the maximum treatment radiation region.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2024Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jonathan Maltz, Johannes Stahl, Supratik Bose, Walter Aguilar
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Publication number: 20250352821Abstract: A method may include obtaining input data relating to a target treatment plan for performing radiotherapy on a lesion using a radiation device. The input data may include a first target image of the lesion. The method may also include obtaining a segment shape estimation model. The method may also include estimating, based on the segment shape estimation model and the input data, a plurality of target location combinations of the target treatment plan and a plurality of target segment shapes of a collimator of the radiation device. One of the plurality of target location combinations may indicate a location of the collimator relative to the lesion. Each of the plurality of target segment shapes may correspond to one of the plurality of target location combinations.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2025Publication date: November 20, 2025Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Weiyuan WANG, Jingjie ZHOU, Kang ZHANG, Supratik BOSE, Jonathan MALTZ
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Publication number: 20250311986Abstract: Systems are provided for a computed tomography system, comprising a gantry configured to rotate around an axis of rotation and a detector array comprised of a plurality of photon-counting computed tomography (PCCT) detector units configured to be rotated around the axis of rotation by the gantry, wherein a stacking axis of least one of the plurality of PCCT detector arrays is positioned at an angle with respect to the axis of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2024Publication date: October 9, 2025Inventors: Nicholas Konkle, Jonathan Maltz, Bruno De Man, Sathish Ramani, Mingye Wu, Brian Yanoff, Marc Schaepkens, William Hennessy, Biju Jacob
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Publication number: 20250252742Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for couch position calibration. The method may include obtaining one or more first images of a couch at one or more first locations in a first device, each of the one or more first images corresponding to one of the one or more first locations, wherein the couch includes a mark, and the mark intersects a first reference plane of the first device at a plurality of first points of the mark; determining, in each of the one or more first images, a first position of a representation of each of the plurality of first points; obtaining correlation information between the first position and actual position of each of the plurality of first points; and determining one or more calibration images based on the correlation information and the one or more first images.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongcheng YANG, Supratik BOSE, Xuan WU, Jonathan MALTZ
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Patent number: 12370381Abstract: A method may include obtaining input data relating to a target treatment plan for performing radiotherapy on a lesion using a radiation device. The input data may include a first target image of the lesion. The method may also include obtaining a segment shape estimation model. The method may also include estimating, based on the segment shape estimation model and the input data, a plurality of target location combinations of the target treatment plan and a plurality of target segment shapes of a collimator of the radiation device. One of the plurality of target location combinations may indicate a location of the collimator relative to the lesion. Each of the plurality of target segment shapes may correspond to one of the plurality of target location combinations.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2023Date of Patent: July 29, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Supratik Bose, Jonathan Maltz, Jingjie Zhou
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Patent number: 12285274Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for couch position calibration. The method may include obtaining one or more first images of a couch at one or more first locations in a first device, each of the one or more first images corresponding to one of the one or more first locations, wherein the couch includes a mark, and the mark intersects a first reference plane of the first device at a plurality of first points of the mark; determining, in each of the one or more first images, a first position of a representation of each of the plurality of first points; obtaining correlation information between the first position and actual position of each of the plurality of first points; and determining one or more calibration images based on the correlation information and the one or more first images.Type: GrantFiled: June 9, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongcheng Yang, Supratik Bose, Xuan Wu, Jonathan Maltz
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Patent number: 12268898Abstract: A method for delivering radiation treatment may include defining a preliminary trajectory including a plurality of control points. Each control point may be associated with position parameters of a gantry and a couch. The method may also include generating a treatment plan based on the preliminary trajectory by optimizing an intensity and position parameters of a collimator and MLC leaves for each control point. The method may also include decomposing the treatment plan into a delivery trajectory including the plurality of control points. Each of the plurality of control points may be further associated with the optimized intensity, the optimized position parameters of the collimator and the MLC leaves, an output rate, and a motion parameter of each of the gantry, the couch, the collimator, and the MLC leaves. The method may further include instructing a radiation delivery device to deliver the treatment plan according to the delivery trajectory.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Johannes Stahl, Jonathan Maltz
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Publication number: 20250099785Abstract: A system and method for adapting treatment plan are provided. The method may include: obtaining a planning image of a region of interest relating to a first treatment fraction of a first treatment plan; obtaining a first image of the region of interest relating to a first scan of the region of interest with a first dose level; comparing the planning image with the first image to generate a first comparison result; determining whether the first comparison result satisfies a first replanning condition; causing, in response to a determination that the first comparison result satisfies the first replanning condition, one or more scanners to perform a second scan with a second dose level to provide a second image; and generating a second treatment plan according to the second image, wherein the second dose level is higher than the first dose level.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Binghuan LI, Jingjie ZHOU, Jonathan MALTZ
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Publication number: 20250099056Abstract: Systems and methods for four-dimensional CT scan are provided. The methods may include determining a first region of a subject and a second region. A movement of the subject may occur within the second region. The methods may further include generating a first image set by performing, based on a first operation parameter corresponding to a first scan, the first scan on the first region of the subject, and generating a second image set by performing, based on a second operation parameter corresponding to a second scan, the second scan on a second region of the subject. The methods may further include obtaining movement information corresponding to the movement of the subject and determining a final image set based on the first image set, the movement information, and the second image set.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2024Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Can LIAO, Wei ZHANG, Buliang SUN, Jonathan MALTZ
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Patent number: 12246193Abstract: A radiation system is provided. The radiation system may include a bore accommodating an object, a rotary ring, a first radiation source and a second radiation source mounted on the rotary ring and a processor. The first radiation source may be configured to emit a first cone beam toward a first region of the object. The second radiation source may be configured to emit a second beam toward a second region of the object, the second region including at least a part of the first region. The processor may be configured to obtain a treatment plan of the object, the treatment plan including parameters associated with radiation segments. The processor may be further configured to control an emission of the first cone beam and/or the second beam based on the parameters associated with the radiation segments to perform a treatment and a 3-D imaging simultaneously.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2023Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE CO., LTD.Inventors: Jingjie Zhou, Li Wang, Yifeng Jiang, Cheng Ni, Johannes Stahl, Jonathan Maltz