Patents by Inventor Robert A. Jacques

Robert A. Jacques 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).

  • Dose computation for radiation therapy using heterogeneity compensated superposition
    Patent number: 9750955
    Abstract: A system for radiation therapy includes a radiation planning system. The radiation planning system includes a data processor that is adapted to receive information concerning an intended radiation treatment region of a body, receive a calculated initial energy released per unit mass for a plurality of locations within the body, compute a radiation dose at a plurality of locations within the radiation treatment region based on the calculated initial energy released per unit mass and including radiation dose contributions due to scattering from other locations within the body, and determine radiation therapy parameters for providing radiation treatment to the intended radiation treatment region based on the radiation dose computed at the plurality of locations within the radiation treatment region. Including radiation dose contributions due to scattering from other locations within the body take into account density discontinuities in the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Todd McNutt, Robert A. Jacques
  • DOSE COMPUTATION FOR RADIATION THERAPY USING HETEROGENEITY COMPENSATED SUPERPOSITION
    Publication number: 20140235923
    Abstract: A system for radiation therapy includes a radiation planning system. The radiation planning system includes a data processor that is adapted to receive information concerning an intended radiation treatment region of a body, receive a calculated initial energy released per unit mass for a plurality of locations within the body, compute a radiation dose at a plurality of locations within the radiation treatment region based on the calculated initial energy released per unit mass and including radiation dose contributions due to scattering from other locations within the body, and determine radiation therapy parameters for providing radiation treatment to the intended radiation treatment region based on the radiation dose computed at the plurality of locations within the radiation treatment region. Including radiation dose contributions due to scattering from other locations within the body take into account density discontinuities in the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: The Johns Hopkins University
    Inventors: Todd McNutt, Robert A. Jacques