ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,042, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).
"Image processing method, image processing system, and non-transitory computer readable medium" was invented by Sha Wang (Beijing), Bing Han (Beijing), Fanjie Meng (Beijing), Qiqi Xu (Beijing) and Ye Yue (Beijing).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing method according to an embodiment includes a specifying step, an inference step, and an integration step. In the specifying step, a first portion including a region corresponding to an anatomical site of a target and a second portion including a region different from the anatomical site are s...