US Patent Issued to Elekta on Dec. 9 for "User interface for visualizing differences between medical image contourings" (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,960, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Elekta Inc. (Atlanta).

"User interface for visualizing differences between medical image contourings" was invented by Benjamin Edward Nelms (Merrimac, Wis.) and John Christodouleas (Swarthmore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Using a computer-implemented intermediary by which contouring performed by two participants, such as two physicians, can be compared. First, contouring performed by each participant can be compared to contouring performed by the intermediary. Then, by way of the common intermediary and a transitive analysis, contouring performed by each participant can be compared."

The ...