US 11,890,490 B2
Quality assurance device with passive optical component and remote camera
Janelle A. Molloy, Lexington, KY (US); Dennis A. Cheek, Lexington, KY (US); and Quan Chen, Lexington, KY (US)
Assigned to University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
Appl. No. 17/420,661
Filed by University of Kentucky Research Foundation, Lexington, KY (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/066043
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 2, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/146088, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 16, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/789,196, filed on Jan. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0096869 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 5/10 (2006.01); H05H 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 5/1075 (2013.01) [A61N 5/1048 (2013.01); H05H 7/02 (2013.01); A61N 2005/1076 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quality assurance device for a medical accelerator, comprising:
a housing having an inner radioluminescent layer adapted to provide a visual indication when contacted with invisible radiation generated by the medical accelerator;
at least one camera located outside of the housing; and
at least one passive optical component, located within said housing, adapted to deliver an image of the inner radioluminescent layer of said housing including the visual indication to said at least one camera located outside of said housing.