Patents by Inventor Stephen K. Thompson

Stephen K. Thompson 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).

  • VMAT treatment planning using multicriteria optimization and a progressive optimization scheme
    Patent number: 10661097
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems can be used to facilitate generation of VMAT treatment plans for providing radiation therapy to patients. Starting from a seed plan, a library of alternative plans, each with an associated outcome for a set of treatment objectives, can be generated via a set of parallel optimization operations performed on the seed plan. A graphical user interface is provided, via which the user can navigate within a treatment space defined by the alternative plans to identify a satisfactory outcome. Based on the satisfactory outcome and a candidate plan selected from the alternative plans, a deliverable VMAT treatment plan can be generated using another optimization operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignees: Varian Medical Systems, Inc., Varian Medical Systems International AG
    Inventors: Tuomas Tallinen, Stephen K. Thompson, Joona Hartman, Perttu Niemelä
  • VMAT TREATMENT PLANNING USING MULTICRITERIA OPTIMIZATION AND A PROGRESSIVE OPTIMIZATION SCHEME
    Publication number: 20190083814
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods and systems can be used to facilitate generation of VMAT treatment plans for providing radiation therapy to patients. Starting from a seed plan, a library of alternative plans, each with an associated outcome for a set of treatment objectives, can be generated via a set of parallel optimization operations performed on the seed plan. A graphical user interface is provided, via which the user can navigate within a treatment space defined by the alternative plans to identify a satisfactory outcome. Based on the satisfactory outcome and a candidate plan selected from the alternative plans, a deliverable VMAT treatment plan can be generated using another optimization operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Inventors: Tuomas Tallinen, Stephen K. Thompson, Joona Hartman, Perttu Niemelä