Proton beam therapy control system

Patent · Tue Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2010

OSTI ID:1014648

Baumann, Michael A ^[1]; Beloussov, Alexandre V ^[2]; Bakir, Julide ^[3]; Armon, Deganit ^[4]; Olsen, Howard B ^[5]; Salem, Dana ^[1]

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1. Riverside, CA
2. San Bernardino, CA
3. Alta Loma, CA
4. Longmeadow, MA
5. Irvine, CA

A tiered communications architecture for managing network traffic in a distributed system. Communication between client or control computers and a plurality of hardware devices is administered by agent and monitor devices whose activities are coordinated to reduce the number of open channels or sockets. The communications architecture also improves the transparency and scalability of the distributed system by reducing network mapping dependence. The architecture is desirably implemented in a proton beam therapy system to provide flexible security policies which improve patent safety and facilitate system maintenance and development.

• Research Organization: Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, CA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FG03-98ER62632
• Assignee: Loma Linda University Medical Center (Loma Linda, CA)
• Patent Number(s): 7,801,988
• Application Number: U S Patent Application 12/167,893
• OSTI ID: 1014648
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English