US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM Healthcare on Nov. 4 for "X-ray imaging device and treatment tool recognition method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,306, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FUJIFILM Healthcare Corp. (Tokyo).

"X-ray imaging device and treatment tool recognition method" was invented by Kazuki Matsuzaki (Chiba, Japan) and Toru Shirai (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a technique capable of calculating a three-dimensional position of a treatment tool only by processing an X-ray image without using an external signal of a body movement monitor or the like and capable of eliminating an influence of body movement. A plurality of combinations of a plurality of X-ray images from a plurality of X-ray images acquired at different angles or times are used...