Patents by Inventor Kira Grogg

Kira Grogg 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).

  • System and method for quantitative mapping of radioactivity production rate during proton therapy
    Patent number: 10569104
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for method for quantifying radioactivity production during a proton treatment of a patient. In some aspects, a method includes administering, using a proton delivery system, a proton treatment using at least one therapeutic proton beam generating positron emitting radionuclides within a region of interest (ROI) of a patient, and acquiring, using an emission tomography system, emission tomography data indicative of an activity of the positron emitting radionuclides in the ROI. The method also includes quantifying, based on a kinetic model, a radioactivity production rate of at least one positron emitting radionuclide using the emission tomography data. The method further includes generating at least one map indicative of the radioactivity production rate of the at least one positron emitting radionuclide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Georges El Fakhri, Nathaniel Alpert, Xuping Zhu, Kira Grogg
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATIVE MAPPING OF RADIOACTIVITY PRODUCTION RATE DURING PROTON THERAPY
    Publication number: 20160296766
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system and method for method for quantifying radioactivity production during a proton treatment of a patient. In some aspects, a method includes administering, using a proton delivery system, a proton treatment using at least one therapeutic proton beam generating positron emitting radionuclides within a region of interest (ROI) of a patient, and acquiring, using an emission tomography system, emission tomography data indicative of an activity of the positron emitting radionuclides in the ROI. The method also includes quantifying, based on a kinetic model, a radioactivity production rate of at least one positron emitting radionuclide using the emission tomography data. The method further includes generating at least one map indicative of the radioactivity production rate of the at least one positron emitting radionuclide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Georges El Fakhri, Nathaniel Alpert, Xuping Zhu, Kira Grogg