ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,236,592, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Arizona Board of Regents on Behalf of Arizona State University (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Systems, methods, and apparatuses for systematically determining an optimal approach for the computer-aided diagnosis of a pulmonary embolism" was invented by Nahid Ul Islam (Mesa, Ariz.), Shiv Gehlot (Darwara, India), Zongwei Zhou (Tempe, Ariz.) and Jianming Liang (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are means for systematically determining an optimal approach for the computer-aided diagnosis of a pulmonary embolism, in the context of processing medical imaging. According to a par...