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Methods and apparatus for hardware based radiation dose calculation
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posted on 2016-06-07, 00:00 authored by Bo Zhou, Cedric X. Yu, Danny Z. Chen, Kevin Whitton, Sharon Hu XiaoboDisclosed is an example method to calculate radiation dose. The method includes receiving a tissue matrix in which the tissue matrix includes a plurality of voxels. The example method also includes producing a first plurality of transport lines with a direction controller in which each transport line is indicative of a cone of irradiated energy, and calculating at least one radiation dose with at least one deposit engine substantially in parallel with producing a second plurality of transport lines with the direction controller.
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Patent Number
US 8494115 B2Other Application
11/685,475Inventor
Xiaobo Sharon Hu Cedric X. Yu Bo Zhou Danny Z. Chen Kevin WhittonInventor from Local Institution
Xiaobo Sharon Hu Bo Zhou Danny Z. ChenAssignee
University of Notre Dame Du Lac The University of Maryland, Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)Date Modified
2017-08-01Language
- English
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US 20130158879 A1Publisher
United States Patent and Trademark OfficeCooperative Patent Classification Codes
A61N 5/1031 (20130101); G06F 19/3481 (20130101); A61N 2005/1034 (20130101)Contributor
Xiaobo Sharon Hu|Bo Zhou|Danny Z. ChenInternational Patent Classification Codes
A61N 5/10 (20060101)US Patent Classification Codes
378/65;Usage metrics
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