US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Jan. 28 for "Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and illumination control method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,912, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and illumination control method" was invented by Hiroyuki Hatakenaka (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance imaging apparatus according to an embodiment includes a gantry, a first illuminating unit, and processing circuitry. The gantry has a hollow bore. The first illuminating unit illuminates the hollow bore. The processing circuitry identifies the position of a predetermined region of the subject inside the hollow bore, and controls the illumination state of the first illumina...