US Patent Issued on March 24 for "System and method for fast Monte Carlo Dose calculation using a virtual source model" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,670, issued on March 24.

"System and method for fast Monte Carlo Dose calculation using a virtual source model" was invented by James Castle (Lexington, Ky.), Quan Chen (Lexington, Ky.) and Xue Feng (Lexington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for fast Monte Carlo (MC) dose calculation using a virtual source model (VSM). The method includes: receiving three-dimensional (3D) CT images obtained by a CT system; receiving 3D planned dose images, 3D organ segmentation contour images, and radiotherapy plans generated by a treatment planning system (TPS); processing 3D CT images, 3...