Patents by Inventor Michael KANTOR

Michael KANTOR 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: 10512792
    Abstract: A therapy planning system and method generate an optimal treatment plan accounting for changes in anatomy. Therapy is delivered to the subject according to a first auto-planned optimal treatment plan based on a first image of a subject. A second image of the subject is received after a period of time. The second image is registered with the first image to generate a deformation map accounting for physiological changes. The second image is segmented into regions of interest using the deformation map. A mapped delivered dose is computed for each region of interest using the dose delivery goals and the deformation map. The first treatment plan is merged with the segmented regions of the second image and the mapped delivered dose during optimization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Prashant Kumar, Karl Antonin Bzdusek, Vaitheeswaran Ranganathan, Matthew Palmer, Michael Kantor
  • Patent number: 9943702
    Abstract: A therapy planning system (18) and method generate an optimal treatment plan. A plurality of objectives are automatically formulated (154) based on a plurality of clinical goals including dose profiles and priorities. The dose profiles and the priorities correspond to a plurality of structures including a plurality of target and/or critical structures identified within a planning image. Further, a plurality of treatment plan parameters are optimized (156) based on the plurality of objectives to generate a treatment plan. The plurality of objectives are reformulated (162) and the plurality of treatment plan parameters are reoptimized (156) based on the reformulated plurality of objectives to generate a reoptimized treatment plan. The optimizing (156) is repeated based on the reformulated plurality of objectives to generate a reformulated treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignees: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Prashant Kumar, Karl Antonin Bzdusek, Vaitheeswaran Ranganathan, Matthew Palmer, Michael Kantor
  • Publication number: 20150273238
    Abstract: A therapy planning system (18) and method generate an optimal treatment plan. A plurality of objectives are automatically formulated (154) based on a plurality of clinical goals including dose profiles and priorities. The dose profiles and the priorities correspond to a plurality of structures including a plurality of target and/or critical structures identified within a planning image. Further, a plurality of treatment plan parameters are optimized (156) based on the plurality of objectives to generate a treatment plan. The plurality of objectives are reformulated (162) and the plurality of treatment plan parameters are reoptimized (156) based on the reformulated plurality of objectives to generate a reoptimized treatment plan. The optimizing (156) is repeated based on the reformulated plurality of objectives to generate a reformulated treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Prashant Kumar, Karl Antonin Bzdusek, Vaitheeswaran Ranganathan, Matthew Palmer, Michael Kantor
  • Publication number: 20150141733
    Abstract: A therapy planning system and method generate an optimal treatment plan accounting for changes in anatomy. Therapy is delivered to the subject according to a first auto-planned optimal treatment plan based on a first image of a subject. A second image of the subject is received after a period of time. The second image is registered with the first image to generate a deformation map accounting for physiological changes. The second image is segmented into regions of interest using the deformation map. A mapped delivered dose is computed for each region of interest using the dose delivery goals and the deformation map. The first treatment plan is merged with the segmented regions of the second image and the mapped delivered dose during optimization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2015
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventors: Prashant KUMAR, Karl Antonin BZDUSEK, Vaitheeswaran RANGANATHAN, Matthew PALMER, Michael KANTOR