Method and system for remote monitoring of proton beam emitting and delivery systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11785702-B2
Application number	US-202217885358-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 10, 2022
Priority date	May 21, 2021
Publication date	Oct 10, 2023
Grant date	Oct 10, 2023

Abstract

A remote diagnostic monitoring of operating states for physical components of a particle accelerator system includes generating, by at least one processor, a component hierarchy corresponding to a physical arrangement of one or more physical components of a particle emitting system and including corresponding operating indicators of operating states of the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, a faulted physical component among the physical components, identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more fault path components among the physical components, the fault path components corresponding to a portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component, and modifying, by the at least one processor, the operating indicators of the fault path components to fault state indicators.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for remote diagnostic monitoring of operating states for physical components of a particle accelerator system, the method comprising:
generating, by at least one processor, a component hierarchy corresponding to a physical arrangement of one or more physical components of a particle emitting system and including corresponding operating indicators of operating states of the physical components;
identifying, by the at least one processor, a faulted physical component among the physical components;
identifying, by the at least one processor, one or more fault path components among the physical components, the fault path components corresponding to a portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component; and
modifying, by the at least one processor, the operating indicators of the fault path components to fault state indicators; and
instructing a graphical user interface to present a faulted component presentation portion corresponding to the component hierarchy and including the fault state indicators of one or more of the fault path components and of the faulted physical component.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
generating one or more of a hierarchical presentation including at least the portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component, and a schematic presentation including at least the faulted physical component and at least one physical component operatively coupled to the faulted physical component.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the physical arrangement corresponds to at least one physical device comprising at least one included physical component among the physical components, and the hierarchical presentation includes at least one of the physical device and the included physical component in accordance with a monitor access criterion.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the monitor access criterion corresponds to a first access criterion, and the hierarchical presentation includes the physical device and the included physical component.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the monitor access criterion corresponds to a second access criterion, and the hierarchical presentation includes the physical device and excludes the included physical component.

6. The method of claim 3 , wherein the identifying the faulted physical component comprises identifying the included physical component, and the identifying the fault path components among the physical components comprises identifying the physical device.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the identifying the physical device comprises identifying the physical device in accordance with a fault tolerance criterion associated with the physical device and the included physical component.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
obtaining, by the at least one processor, a system interlock template corresponding to the physical components associated with one or more of the particle emitting system and the particle delivery system,
wherein the system interlock template includes the fault tolerance criterion.

9. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
traversing, by the at least one processor, the hierarchical presentation in accordance with the component hierarchy to identify the faulted physical component and one or more of the fault path components.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
presenting, by the at least one processor, a fault monitor presentation including the operating indicators and a faulted component presentation portion corresponding to the fault state indicators,
wherein the at least one processor located at a first physical location and the physical components located at a second physical location remote from the first physical location.

11. A user interface system for remote diagnostic monitoring of operating states for physical components of a particle system, the system comprising:
a hierarchy processing engine configured to generate a component hierarchy corresponding to a physical arrangement of one or more physical components associated with a particle emitting system and a particle delivery system and including corresponding operating indicators of operating states of one or more of the particle emitting system and a particle delivery system, identify one or more fault path components among the physical components, the fault path components corresponding to a portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component, and modify the operating indicators of the fault path components to fault state indicators; and
a presentation engine configured to present, via a graphical user interface, a fault monitor presentation including the operating indicators and a faulted component presentation portion corresponding to the component hierarchy and including the fault state indicators of one or more of the fault path components and of the faulted physical component.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presentation engine comprises:
a hierarchy presentation engine configured to generate a hierarchical presentation including at least the portion of the physical arrangement associated with the faulted physical component,
wherein the fault monitor presentation comprises the hierarchical presentation.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the physical arrangement corresponds to at least one physical device comprising at least one included physical component among the physical components, and the hierarchical presentation includes at least one of the physical device and the included physical component in accordance with a monitor access criterion.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the presentation engine further comprises:
an interlock presentation controller configured to selectably present, in accordance with a first access criterion, the hierarchical presentation including the physical device and the included physical component, and to selectably present, in accordance with a second access criterion, the hierarchical presentation including the physical device and excluding the included physical component.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein the hierarchy processing engine is further configured to identify the faulted physical component by identifying the included physical component, and identify the fault path components among the physical components by identifying the physical device.

16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the hierarchy processing engine is further configured to identify the physical device in accordance with a fault tolerance criterion associated with the physical device and the included physical component.

17. The system of claim 16 , further comprising:
a network interface operatively coupled to the particle emitting system and the particle delivery system, and configured to obtain a system interlock template corresponding to the physical components associated with the particle emitting system and the particle delivery system,
wherein the system interlock template includes the fault tolerance criterion.

18. The system of claim 11 , wherein the presentation engine comprises:
a schematic presentation engine configured to generate a schematic presentation including at least the faulted physical component and at least one physical component operatively coupled to the faulted physical component,
wherein the fault monitor presentation comprises the schematic presentation.

19. A computer system comprising:
a processor in communication by a network interface with physical components of a

Assignees

• Varian Med Sys Inc

Inventors

• Forbes Brian
• Rumley Joel
• Tariq Imran
• Grossimon Eric
• Morse Brian

Classifications

• H05H7/00 Primary

  Details of devices of the types covered by groups H05H9/00, H05H11/00, H05H13/00 · CPC title

• A61N5/10

  X-ray therapy; Gamma-ray therapy; Particle-irradiation therapy (A61N5/01 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61N2005/1088

  generated by laser radiation · CPC title

• H05H2277/113

  Diagnostic systems · CPC title

• A61N5/1075 Primary

  for testing, calibrating, or quality assurance of the radiation treatment apparatus · CPC title