Patents by Inventor Robert Lüchtenborg

Robert Lüchtenborg 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).

  • Planning the irradiation of a particle beam while taking into consideration a movement of a target volume
    Patent number: 10252082
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for irradiation planning for the irradiation of a moving target volume located in a body with a particle beam irradiation facility by means of rescanning, which method has the steps of defining the target volume in a reference condition of the motion, dividing the target volume among a plurality of target points that can be individually approached with a particle beam, calculating a nominal dose to be deposited in each of the target points of the target volume, defining a number of rescanning passes in which each of the target points of the target volume are approached, calculating a mean motion to be expected of the target points of the target volume based on a motion model, taking into account the mean motion to be expected of the target points of the target volume in the irradiation planning in such a manner that the deviation of the expected dose deposition from the nominal dose for each target point is determined, and the nominal dose for each target point is corrected on the basis
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH
    Inventors: Christoph Bert, Alexander Gemmel, Dirk Müssig, Robert Lüchtenborg
  • Planning the Irradiation of a Particle Beam While Taking into Consideration a Movement of a Target Volume
    Publication number: 20150306424
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for irradiation planning for the irradiation of a moving target volume located in a body with a particle beam irradiation facility by means of rescanning, which method has the steps of defining the target volume in a reference condition of the motion, dividing the target volume among a plurality of target points that can be individually approached with a particle beam, calculating a nominal dose to be deposited in each of the target points of the target volume, defining a number of rescanning passes in which each of the target points of the target volume are approached, calculating a mean motion to be expected of the target points of the target volume based on a motion model, taking into account the mean motion to be expected of the target points of the target volume in the irradiation planning in such a manner that the deviation of the expected dose deposition from the nominal dose for each target point is determined, and the nominal dose for each target point is corrected on the basis
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Christoph Bert, Alexander Gemme, Dirk Müssig, Robert Lüchtenborg