Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Brooks

Kenneth W. Brooks 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USING AND CONTROLLING HIGHER DOSE RATE IONIZING RADIATION IN SHORT TIME INTERVALS
    Publication number: 20220323793
    Abstract: The present invention provides strategies to use and control the delivery of ionizing radiation to carry out therapeutic and industrial irradiation treatments. The present invention uses partial pulse control, component selection, and/or component configuration strategies in order to accurately monitor and terminate irradiation. The strategies are particularly useful to control dosing in the high dose rate and short time scales associated with FLASH technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Brooks, James A. Nelson, Derek T. DeScioli, Christopher J. Patane, Donald A. Goer
  • Devices and methods for providing spatially variable x-ray beam intensity
    Patent number: 7474736
    Abstract: An apparatus for modulating an intensity of a radiation beam includes a filter having a cross sectional shape such that a radiation beam filtered therethrough and passed through a patient will have an intensity that is substantially non-uniform. An apparatus for modulating an intensity of a radiation beam generated by a radiation source includes a filter, and a positioner secured to the filter, the positioner configured to move the filter relative to the radiation source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Varian Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter N. Munro, Kenneth W. Brooks