Patents by Inventor Jonathan S. Maltz

Jonathan S. 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).

  • Patent number: 7697662
    Abstract: A system includes delivery of treatment radiation to a target, acquisition of an image representing the treatment radiation during delivery of the treatment radiation, determination of a position of a leaf of a collimator delivery of the treatment radiation based on the image, and presentation of a notification of an error during delivery of the treatment radiation based on the determined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Maltz, Dimitre Hristov Hristov
  • Publication number: 20100059684
    Abstract: A system may include a conductive substrate, a plurality of conductive nanostructures disposed on a first side of the conductive substrate, an insulating substrate, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on a first side of the insulating substrate. The first side of the conductive substrate faces the first side of the insulating substrate, and each of the plurality of electrodes is electrically connected to the conductive substrate. In other aspects, a system may include a first insulating substrate, a first plurality of electrodes disposed on a first side of the first insulating substrate, a second insulating substrate, a second plurality of electrodes disposed on a first side of the second insulating substrate, and a plurality of conductive nanostructures disposed on each of the second plurality of electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2008
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Publication number: 20100046696
    Abstract: A system may include determination of a first scatter kernel based on a first energy, a material-equivalent radiological thickness and a first diameter, wherein the first scatter kernel is not a monotonically decreasing function of radial coordinate, determination of a second scatter kernel based on the first energy, the material-equivalent radiological thickness and a second diameter greater than the first diameter, determination of a third scatter kernel based on the first scatter kernel and the second scatter kernel, wherein the third scatter kernel is a monotonically decreasing function of radial coordinate, and estimation of scatter radiation within the projection image of the object based on the third scatter kernel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Publication number: 20090296886
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a support movable with at least four degrees of freedom, a therapeutic radiation source coupled to the support, a plurality of radiation sources disposed in a fixed relationship to each other, the plurality of radiation sources movable in the fixed relationship with at least four degrees of freedom, a detector to acquire a projection image based on radiation emitted from one of the plurality of radiation sources, and a processor to perform digital tomosynthesis on the projection image acquired by the detector and a plurality of other projection images to generate a cross-sectional image representing a plane viewed from a perspective of the therapeutic radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Maltz, Ali Bani-Hashemi
  • Patent number: 7567647
    Abstract: A system includes emission of first radiation from a plurality of radiation sources disposed in a fixed relationship to each other, the first radiation emitted from a first plurality of locations defining a first array geometry. A first set of projection images is acquired based on the emitted first radiation and digital tomosynthesis is performed on the first set of projection images to generate a first cross-sectional image. Second radiation is emitted from the plurality of radiation sources disposed in the fixed relationship to each other, the second radiation emitted from a second plurality of locations defining a second array geometry. A second set of projection images is acquired based on the emitted second radiation, and digital tomosynthesis is performed on the second set of projection images to generate a second cross-sectional image. The first array geometry and the second array geometry differ in at least one of shape and size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Patent number: 7555101
    Abstract: A system may include a body defining a plurality of apertures, a plurality of conductive elements, each of the plurality of conductive elements disposed within a respective one of the plurality of apertures, an ionizable material disposed within each of the plurality of apertures, and a device coupled to each of plurality of conductive elements and to associate charge received from each of plurality of conductive elements with one or more respective image pixels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Publication number: 20090086889
    Abstract: A system may comprise a plurality of imaging x-ray sources disposed in a fixed relation with respect to one another, each of the plurality of imaging x-ray sources to emit a respective imaging x-ray, an x-ray detector to acquire x-ray absorption projections of an object, each of the x-ray absorption projections associated with an imaging x-ray emitted by a respective one of the plurality of imaging x-ray sources, and a processor to perform digital tomosynthesis using the x-ray absorption projections to generate a cross-sectional image of the object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 2, 2009
    Inventors: Ali Bani Hashemi, Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Publication number: 20090067576
    Abstract: A system includes delivery of treatment radiation to a target, acquisition of an image representing the treatment radiation during delivery of the treatment radiation, determination of a position of a leaf of a collimator delivery of the treatment radiation based on the image, and presentation of a notification of an error during delivery of the treatment radiation based on the determined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Patent number: 7486773
    Abstract: A system may include emission of megavoltage radiation from a megavoltage radiation source, acquisition of a first image using an imaging device while first megavoltage radiation is emitted from the megavoltage radiation source and while a plurality of elements is between the megavoltage radiation source and the imaging device, and determination of an amount of scatter radiation based at least on areas of the acquired image corresponding to the plurality of elements. In some aspects, at least one of the plurality of elements is substantially pointed toward a focal spot of the megavoltage radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2009
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Maltz, Zirao Zheng, Michelle M. Svatos
  • Publication number: 20080303457
    Abstract: Some embodiments include an accelerator waveguide to generate an accelerated radiation beam, and a housing to house to accelerator waveguide. The housing may include an interface to couple the housing to and to decouple the housing from a movable support. Some aspects include coupling a first interface of a housing to a first interface of a movable support, and uncoupling the first interface of the housing from the first interface of the movable support, wherein the housing includes an accelerator waveguide to generate an accelerated radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 11, 2008
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Publication number: 20080067386
    Abstract: A system may include emission of megavoltage radiation from a megavoltage radiation source, acquisition of a first image using an imaging device while first megavoltage radiation is emitted from the megavoltage radiation source and while a plurality of elements is between the megavoltage radiation source and the imaging device, and determination of an amount of scatter radiation based at least on areas of the acquired image corresponding to the plurality of elements. In some aspects, at least one of the plurality of elements is substantially focused to a focal spot of the megavoltage radiation source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2006
    Publication date: March 20, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan S. Maltz, Zirao Zheng, Michelle M. Svatos
  • Publication number: 20080049892
    Abstract: A system may include a body defining a plurality of apertures, a plurality of conductive elements, each of the plurality of conductive elements disposed within a respective one of the plurality of apertures, an ionizable material disposed within each of the plurality of apertures, and a device coupled to each of plurality of conductive elements and to associate charge received from each of plurality of conductive elements with one or more respective image pixels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 28, 2008
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Maltz
  • Patent number: 7046757
    Abstract: A method for separating and filtering noise caused by X-ray scatter contaminations from the primary signal component of the signal produced by the detector assembly of a radiographic imaging device employs a scatter removal screen or grating disposed between the object being imaged and the detector assembly. The grating has an absorption that varies periodically for varying the intensity of the X-ray radiation passed through the grating. This variation in intensity of the X-ray radiation causes the signal produced by the detector assembly to be amplitude modulated so that the frequency of the primary signal component is shifted from noise components of the signal caused by X-ray scatter contamination allowing the noise components to be filtered from the primary signal component so that scatter induced noise may be reduced or eliminated from the signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Ali Bani-Hashemi, Wolf-Ekkehard Blanz, Jonathan S. Maltz