ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,534, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to EPICA INTERNATIONAL INC. (San Clemente, Calif.).

"Radiological imaging device with improved scouting functionality" was invented by Cosimo Lorenzetto (Impruneta, Italy), Leonardo Manetti (Montevarchi, Italy), Massimiliano Leonori (Lucca, Italy) and Marco Bargiotti (Sesto Fiorentino, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A radiological image is acquired of a part of a patient by positioning the patient within an analysis zone of the radiologic imaging device and setting an imaging start location. The part of the patient to be diagnosed is included between the start location and an end location. A...