Patents by Inventor Warren Kilby

Warren Kilby 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).

  • Publication number: 20230241417
    Abstract: A method of calibration in a radiation delivery system. The method including acquiring, using a camera, an image of a radiation beam incident on a phantom, wherein the radiation beam being emitted by a radiation source of the radiation delivery system and the phantom comprising an X-ray luminescent material. The method further including determining a beam pointing offset based on the image. The method further including calibrating a position of the radiation source of the radiation delivery system based on the beam pointing offset and a relative position of the camera with respect to a beam axis of the radiation beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer
  • Patent number: 11648423
    Abstract: A phantom, calibration system and calibration method are described. The phantom having a phantom body and an X-ray luminescent material, wherein at least a portion of the X-ray luminescent material is on a surface of the phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11185718
    Abstract: A phantom is described. The phantom having a spherical phantom body and an X-ray luminescent material, wherein at least a portion of the X-ray luminescent material is on a surface of the phantom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200188694
    Abstract: A phantom, calibration system and calibration method are described. The phantom having a phantom body and an X-ray luminescent material, wherein at least a portion of the X-ray luminescent material is on a surface of the phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, JR.
  • Patent number: 10569105
    Abstract: A method is described, including acquiring, using a camera, an image of a radiation beam incident on a phantom, the radiation beam being emitted by a radiation source. The method further includes determining a beam pointing offset based on the image and calibrating a position of the radiation source based on the beam pointing offset. A calibration system is described including the phantom, the camera, and a processing device. A phantom having an X-ray luminescent material is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180339173
    Abstract: A method is described, including acquiring, using a camera, an image of a radiation beam incident on a phantom, the radiation beam being emitted by a radiation source. The method further includes determining a beam pointing offset based on the image and calibrating a position of the radiation source based on the beam pointing offset. A calibration system is described including the phantom, the camera, and a processing device. A phantom having an X-ray luminescent material is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180339174
    Abstract: A phantom is described. The phantom having a spherical phantom body and an X-ray luminescent material, wherein at least a portion of the X-ray luminescent material is on a surface of the phantom.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Warren Kilby, Petr Jordan, John Noll, Calvin Maurer, JR.
  • Publication number: 20170252579
    Abstract: A radiation treatment system is described, including a linear accelerator (LINAC), having a housing, to emit a treatment beam to a target location and a Cerenkov emission detector, coupled to the housing of the LINAC, to capture a set of images of optical Cerenkov emission generated at the target location by charged particles of the treatment beam. A method is described including emitting the treatment beam from the LINAC to the target location and capturing, using the Cerenkov emission detector coupled to the LINAC, the set of images of optical Cerenkov emission generated at the target location by the treatment beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Inventor: Warren Kilby
  • Patent number: 7611452
    Abstract: An interface is provided to a user to perform a plurality of treatment planning operations associated with the treatment plan before the treatment plan is optimized. The treatment planning operations include at least one of selecting a treatment planning parameter or inputting data corresponding to the treatment planning parameter. One or more templates containing one or more pre-defined treatment planning parameters are provided to the user to enable the user to skip performing one or more of the plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
    Inventors: John W. Allison, John R. Dooley, Jay B. West, Gopinath Kuduvalli, Hongwu Wang, Jin-Wu J. Wang, Warren Kilby, Derek Olender, Michael Saracen
  • Patent number: 7266176
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for optimizing a workspace of a radiation treatment delivery system. An optimized treatment plan is generated for delivering a dose of radiation to a volume of interest (“VOI”) in a patient using fewer changes to a treatment plan parameter during delivery of the dose of radiation then available to a radiation treatment delivery system. The optimized treatment plan limits a number of adjustments to the treatment plan parameter during delivery of the dose of radiation. Prior to delivery, the optimized treatment plan is analyzed to determine whether a quality of the optimized treatment plan is acceptable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2007
    Assignee: Accuray Incorporated
    Inventors: John Allison, John R. Dooley, Jay B. West, Gopinath Kuduvalli, James Wang, Warren Kilby, Derek Olender, Michael Saracen
  • Publication number: 20070078306
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for treatment planning are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2005
    Publication date: April 5, 2007
    Inventors: John Allison, John Dooley, Jay West, Gopinath Kuduvalli, Hongwu Wang, Jin-Wu Wang, Warren Kilby, Derek Olender, Michael Saracen
  • Publication number: 20070071168
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for optimizing a workspace of a radiation treatment delivery system. An optimized treatment plan is generated for delivering a dose of radiation to a volume of interest (“VOI”) in a patient using fewer changes to a treatment plan parameter during delivery of the dose of radiation then available to a radiation treatment delivery system. The optimized treatment plan limits a number of adjustments to the treatment plan parameter during delivery of the dose of radiation. Prior to delivery, the optimized treatment plan is analyzed to determine whether a quality of the optimized treatment plan is acceptable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2005
    Publication date: March 29, 2007
    Inventors: John Allison, John Dooley, Jay West, Gopinath Kuduvalli, James Wang, Warren Kilby, Derek Olender, Michael Saracen