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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 29, 2017
Applicant:
Stc.unm, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Inventors:
Roy William Keyes, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Christian Romano, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Shuang Luan, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dorian C. Arnold, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Assignee:
STC.UNM, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2018.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06F 9/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/3481 (2013.01); G06F 19/00 (2013.01); G16H 50/50 (2018.01); G06F 9/5083 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of calculating radiation fluence and energy deposition distributions on a networked virtual computational cluster is presented. With this method, complex Monte Carlo simulations that require expansive equipment, personnel, and financial resources can be done efficiently and inexpensively by hospitals and clinics requiring radiation therapy dose calculations.