Patents by Inventor REX CARDAN

REX CARDAN 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: 10073438
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for assessing machine trajectories for collision avoidance. A three-dimensional model of a patient based at least in part on data received from a three-dimensional imaging device is generated. The three-dimensional model of the patient is aligned with a coordinate system of a three-dimensional model of a radiation treatment machine. It is then determined whether a collision between the patient and the radiation treatment machine will occur at each one of a series of control points of the radiation treatment plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: The UAB Research Foundation
    Inventors: Richard Popple, Rex Cardan
  • Publication number: 20160166856
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for predicting and avoiding collisions during radiotherapy. A depth map produced by at least one three-dimensional camera is obtained by a computing device. The computing device identifies a plurality of objects in the depth map, wherein the plurality of objects comprise a radiation therapy machine and a patient. The computing device generates a corresponding three-dimensional model for each one of the plurality of objects. The computing device then determines whether the corresponding three-dimensional model for each one of the plurality objects overlaps with another corresponding three-dimensional model for another one of the plurality objects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: RICHARD POPPLE, REX CARDAN
  • Publication number: 20160161938
    Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for assessing machine trajectories for collision avoidance. A three-dimensional model of a patient based at least in part on data received from a three-dimensional imaging device is generated. The three-dimensional model of the patient is aligned with a coordinate system of a three-dimensional model of a radiation treatment machine. It is then determined whether a collision between the patient and the radiation treatment machine will occur at each one of a series of control points of the radiation treatment plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: RICHARD POPPLE, REX CARDAN