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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2022
Applicant:
Siemens Healthineers International Ag, Steinhausen, CH;
Inventors:
Alexander Maslowski, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Douglas Allen Barnett, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Todd Wareing, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS INTERNATIONAL AG, Steinhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 5/1031 (2013.01); A61N 5/10 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1034 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1087 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1089 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments described herein provide for coupling Monte Carlo source modeling with deterministic dose calculations. An internal volumetric first scatter distributed source of a patient is determined using Monte Carlo simulations and ingested into one or more dosing algorithms. The dosing algorithms use the source model to determine a dose deposition.