Patents by Inventor Yuehu Pu
Yuehu Pu 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).
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Patent number: 9937361Abstract: In a particle beam irradiation apparatus that controls a scanning apparatus so that each irradiation position is irradiated with a particle beam a rescan-count number of times by repeating for the rescan-count number of times the irradiation of all irradiation positions in the irradiation target, the irradiation apparatus includes a calculator that receives either one of a rescan count n or a beam intensity J that is a particle beam dose per unit time, to calculate a maximum value of the other satisfying the following conditional expression (P1) for all irradiation positions to present the maximum value to a user.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2014Date of Patent: April 10, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Sakamoto, Yuehu Pu, Hisashi Harada, Taizo Honda
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Patent number: 9889319Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam plural times per one irradiation position. A storage unit stores a dose to be radiated each of the times (divisional target dose). A dose monitor measures the dose of the particle beam radiated to the irradiation position. At the first time of radiation, a controller outputs an interruption signal when the dose measured by the dose monitor reaches the divisional target dose. The dose monitor measures a dose (excessive dose) radiated after the interruption signal is outputted until the particle beam is actually interrupted. Then, it is defined: Corrected Dose value=Divisional Target Dose?Excessive Dose Value. Instead, it may be defined: Corrected Dose value=Divisional Target Dose?Excessive Dose Estimation Value. At the second time of radiation, the controller outputs an interruption signal when the dose measured by the dose monitor reaches the corrected dose value.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2014Date of Patent: February 13, 2018Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke Sakamoto, Yuehu Pu, Hisashi Harada, Taizo Honda
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Patent number: 9839793Abstract: An irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam after forming the beam for plural layers. A dose monitor measures a dose in real time. A dose evaluation unit evaluates an irradiation dose for each layer on the basis of a value measured by the dose monitor and a dose calibration factor set for each layer. An irradiation control section performs radiation control for each layer on the basis of an evaluation result of the dose evaluation unit. An interpolation value generation unit uses actual-measurement dose-calibration factors obtained by radiating a particle beam to a simulated phantom provided with a calibration dosimeter, to generate an interpolation estimation value of the dose calibration factor. For each layer subject to the interpolation value, and based on an irradiation condition of that layer, the interpolation value generation unit performs weighting on each of the actual-measurement dose-calibration factors.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2013Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Hisashi Harada, Masahiro Ikeda, Osamu Takahashi, Nobuhiko Ina, Yuehu Pu, Takaaki Iwata
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Patent number: 9687679Abstract: In the particle beam therapy system, a beam transport system includes a beam-path changer for changing a beam path so as to transport a charged particle beam to any one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses; and a treatment management device includes a beam-path controller that generates an emitter control signal for controlling an emitter of an accelerator and a beam-path changer control signal for controlling the beam-path changer so that, with respect to the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses in which treatment is performed at the same treatment period of time, the charged particle beam is transported to each one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses for each time period allocated thereto.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2013Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki Iwata, Hisashi Harada, Masahiro Ikeda, Yuehu Pu
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Patent number: 9597530Abstract: A particle beam scanning irradiation system includes a computer establishing a scanning sequence for irradiation of a tumor portion in a patient; and a particle beam irradiation device irradiating the tumor portion in accordance with the established scanning sequence of the particle beam. The computer selects all conceivable combinations of pairs of irradiation spots among the plurality of irradiation spots arranged in the tumor portion, and determines whether each path for the particle beam to shift between two spots constituting the selected pair passes through the tumor portion; determines a penalty matrix expressing whether each path passes through the tumor portion on the basis of the determination result; evaluates a function for the shift paths on the basis of an optimizing algorithm, and establishes the scanning sequence of the particle beam by an optimized solution of the function.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2012Date of Patent: March 21, 2017Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuehu Pu, Masahiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20170028219Abstract: A sub beam approximation step in which a particle beam is approximated by a collection of a plurality of sub beams having Gaussian distribution and a sub beam dose distribution calculation step in which by simulating the state in which each sub beam of a plurality of sub beams is deflected by a scanning device and travelled, each sub beam dose distribution which is formed inside a patient by each sub beam is calculated, and a dose distribution which is formed inside a patient by the particle beam is obtained by adding the each sub beam dose distribution which is calculated are comprised.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: February 2, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuehu PU, Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Yukiko YAMADA, Masahiro IKEDA, Hideki FUJI
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Publication number: 20170021197Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam plural times per one irradiation position. A storage unit stores a dose to be radiated each of the times (divisional target dose). A dose monitor measures the dose of the particle beam radiated to the irradiation position. At the first time of radiation, a controller outputs an interruption signal when the dose measured by the dose monitor reaches the divisional target dose. The dose monitor measures a dose (excessive dose) radiated after the interruption signal is outputted until the particle beam is actually interrupted. Then, it is defined: Corrected Dose value=Divisional Target Dose?Excessive Dose Value. Instead, it may be defined: Corrected Dose value=Divisional Target Dose?Excessive Dose Estimation Value. At the second time of radiation, the controller outputs an interruption signal when the dose measured by the dose monitor reaches the corrected dose value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: January 26, 2017Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Yuehu PU, Hisashi HARADA, Taizo HONDA
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Publication number: 20160325116Abstract: In a particle beam irradiation apparatus that controls a scanning apparatus so that each irradiation position is irradiated with a particle beam a rescan-count number of times by repeating for the rescan-count number of times the irradiation of all irradiation positions in the irradiation target, the irradiation apparatus includes a calculator that receives either one of a rescan count n or a beam intensity J that is a particle beam dose per unit time, to calculate a maximum value of the other satisfying the following conditional expression (P1) for all irradiation positions to present the maximum value to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2014Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yusuke SAKAMOTO, Yuehu PU, Hisashi HARADA, Taizo HONDA
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Publication number: 20160136461Abstract: In the particle beam therapy system, a beam transport system includes a beam-path changer for changing a beam path so as to transport a charged particle beam to any one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses; and a treatment management device includes a beam-path controller that generates an emitter control signal for controlling an emitter of an accelerator and a beam-path changer control signal for controlling the beam-path changer so that, with respect to the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses in which treatment is performed at the same treatment period of time, the charged particle beam is transported to each one of the plurality of particle beam irradiation apparatuses for each time period allocated thereto.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2013Publication date: May 19, 2016Applicant: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Takaaki IWATA, Hisashi HARADA, Masahiro IKEDA, Yuehu PU
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Patent number: 9327140Abstract: A beam data processing apparatus has a plurality of channel data conversion units that convert a plurality of analogue signals outputted from a position monitor into digital signals, a position size processing unit that calculates a beam position, based on voltage information items obtained through processing by the plurality of channel data conversion units, an abnormality determination processing unit that determines the beam position and generates a position abnormality signal, and an integrated control unit that controls the plurality of channel data conversion units in such a way that while a beam is stopped at an irradiation spot, digital signal conversion processing is implemented two or more times; the channel data conversion unit has a plurality of A/D converters, a demultiplexer that distributes analogue signals, and a multiplexer that switches respective digital signals processed by the A/D converters so as to output them to the position size processing unit.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2011Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Taizo Honda, Yuichi Yamamoto, Yuehu Pu
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Publication number: 20160008631Abstract: An irradiation apparatus radiates a particle beam after forming the beam for plural layers. A dose monitor measures a dose in real time. A dose evaluation unit evaluates an irradiation dose for each layer on the basis of a value measured by the dose monitor and a dose calibration factor set for each layer. An irradiation control section performs radiation control for each layer on the basis of an evaluation result of the dose evaluation unit. An interpolation value generation unit uses actual-measurement dose-calibration factors obtained by radiating a particle beam to a simulated phantom provided with a calibration dosimeter, to generate an interpolation estimation value of the dose calibration factor. For each layer subject to the interpolation value, and based on an irradiation condition of that layer, the interpolation value generation unit performs weighting on each of the actual-measurement dose-calibration factors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2013Publication date: January 14, 2016Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Hisashi HARADA, Masahiro IKEDA, Osamu TAKAHASHI, Nobuhiko INA, Yuehu PU, Takaaki IWATA
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Publication number: 20150360053Abstract: A particle beam irradiation system comprising a scanning electromagnet for a particle beam to scan an irradiation objective, a scanning information storage section for storing scanning position information regarding a plurality of scanning positions in a case where a particle beam scans an irradiation objective and scanning order information which is order for scanning a plurality of scanning positions, and a scanning electromagnet control section for controlling a scanning electromagnet based on scanning position information and scanning order information which is stored in the scanning information storage section, wherein the scanning position information which is stored in the scanning information storage section includes a part whose scanning position information is same as the scanning position information of adjacent order.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2013Publication date: December 17, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuehu PU, Masahiro IKEDA, Taizo HONDA
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Patent number: 9101763Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a vacuum duct that forms a vacuum region through which the charged particle beam passes, a vacuum window through which the charged particle beam is launched from the vacuum region, a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam; a monitoring apparatus including a position monitor that detects the passing position of a charged particle beam and the beam size thereof, a low-scattering gas filling chamber including the monitoring apparatus, and an irradiation management apparatus that controls irradiation of the charged particle beam; the particle beam irradiation apparatus is characterized in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is changeably disposed in such a manner that the beam-axis-direction positional relationship between the monitoring apparatus and the vacuum window is a desired one and in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is filled with a low-scattering gas.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Hisashi Harada, Kazushi Hanakawa, Toshihiro Otani, Tadashi Katayose, Taizo Honda, Yukiko Yamada, Yuehu Pu
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Patent number: 9079026Abstract: A particle beam scanning irradiation method includes the steps of calculating a planned irradiating particle count of a particle beam for each of irradiation spots, on the basis of a relative amount of particle beam irradiation and a prescription particle-beam dose determined from a particle-beam therapy plan; simulating an irradiation process of the particle beam at each irradiation spot, on the basis of the planned irradiating particle count and a beam current waveform of the particle beam, and calculating a particle count of the particle beam irradiating the diseased portion during a scan shift of the particle beam; correcting the planned irradiating particle count for each irradiation spot by using the irradiating particle count during the scan shift; converting the corrected planned-irradiation particle count into a count value used in a dose monitor; and irradiating the irradiation spot with the particle beam, on the basis of the converted count value.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2012Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATIONInventors: Yuehu Pu, Masahiro Ikeda, Taizo Honda
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Publication number: 20150080631Abstract: A particle beam scanning irradiation system includes a computer establishing a scanning sequence for irradiation of a tumor portion in a patient; and a particle beam irradiation device irradiating the tumor portion in accordance with the established scanning sequence of the particle beam. The computer selects all conceivable combinations of pairs of irradiation spots among the plurality of irradiation spots arranged in the tumor portion, and determines whether each path for the particle beam to shift between two spots constituting the selected pair passes through the tumor portion; determines a penalty matrix expressing whether each path passes through the tumor portion on the basis of the determination result; evaluates a function for the shift paths on the basis of an optimizing algorithm, and establishes the scanning sequence of the particle beam by an optimized solution of the function.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2012Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation `Inventors: Yuehu Pu, Masahiro Ikeda
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Publication number: 20150038766Abstract: A particle beam scanning irradiation method includes the steps of calculating a planned irradiating particle count of a particle beam for each of irradiation spots, on the basis of a relative amount of particle beam irradiation and a prescription particle-beam dose determined from a particle-beam therapy plan; simulating an irradiation process of the particle beam at each irradiation spot, on the basis of the planned irradiating particle count and a beam current waveform of the particle beam, and calculating a particle count of the particle beam irradiating the diseased portion during a scan shift of the particle beam; correcting the planned irradiating particle count for each irradiation spot by using the irradiating particle count during the scan shift; converting the corrected planned-irradiation particle count into a count value used in a dose monitor; and irradiating the irradiation spot with the particle beam, on the basis of the converted count value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2012Publication date: February 5, 2015Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuehu PU, Masahiro Ikeda, Taizo Honda
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Patent number: 8933420Abstract: A particle beam therapy system comprising a treatment table, a treatment table control unit and an irradiation control unit configured to output an instruction for controlling the treatment table control unit, an accelerator and a scanning electromagnet, wherein after the treatment table control unit controls the treatment table so as for a patient isocenter which is reference position of an affected area of a patient to move to a position of an irradiation isocenter which is set at a position which is closer to an irradiation nozzle than an equipment isocenter which is reference of positional relation of the irradiation nozzle and the treatment table, the irradiation control unit outputs an instruction for irradiating the patient with a particle beam.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2011Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Hisashi Harada, Kazushi Hanakawa, Toshihiro Otani, Tadashi Katayose, Taizo Honda, Yukiko Yamada, Yuehu Pu
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Patent number: 8809815Abstract: There is provided a particle-beam energy changing apparatus that is capable of changing energy of a particle beam quickly and silently, in which a first energy changing unit and a second energy changing unit for changing energy of a particle beam passing therethrough by varying thicknesses of their attenuators attenuating the particle beam energy are arranged so that the particle beam passes through the first energy changing unit and the second energy changing unit; and the maximum attenuation amount by the first energy changing unit is set smaller than the maximum attenuation amount by the second energy changing unit.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2011Date of Patent: August 19, 2014Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Yuehu Pu, Taizo Honda, Takaaki Iwata
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Publication number: 20140228615Abstract: A particle beam irradiation apparatus according to the present invention is provided with a vacuum duct that forms a vacuum region through which the charged particle beam passes, a vacuum window through which the charged particle beam is launched from the vacuum region, a scanning electromagnet that scans the charged particle beam; a monitoring apparatus including a position monitor that detects the passing position of a charged particle beam and the beam size thereof, a low-scattering gas filling chamber including the monitoring apparatus, and an irradiation management apparatus that controls irradiation of the charged particle beam; the particle beam irradiation apparatus is characterized in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is changeably disposed in such a manner that the beam-axis-direction positional relationship between the monitoring apparatus and the vacuum window is a desired one and in that the low-scattering gas filling chamber is filled with a low-scattering gas.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2011Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Hisashi Harada, Kazushi Hanakawa, Toshihiro Otani, Tadashi Katayose, Taizo Honda, Yukiko Yamada, Yuehu Pu
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Publication number: 20140187847Abstract: A particle beam therapy system comprising a treatment table, a treatment table control unit and an irradiation control unit configured to output an instruction for controlling the treatment table control unit, an accelerator and a scanning electromagnet, wherein after the treatment table control unit controls the treatment table so as for a patient isocenter which is reference position of an affected area of a patient to move to a position of an irradiation isocenter which is set at a position which is closer to an irradiation nozzle than an equipment isocenter which is reference of positional relation of the irradiation nozzle and the treatment table, the irradiation control unit outputs an instruction for irradiating the patient with a particle beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2011Publication date: July 3, 2014Applicant: Mitsubishi Electric CorporationInventors: Masahiro Ikeda, Hisashi Harada, Kazushi Hanakawa, Toshihiro Otani, Tadashi Katayose, Taizo Honda, Yukiko Yamada, Yuehu Pu