ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,251, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging support device, and operation method and operation program for the same" was invented by Masataka Sugahara (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging support device used in a radiography apparatus including a radiation source and a radiation image detector that detects a radiation image of a subject on the basis of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject, and includes an optical camera that optically images a region including an irradiation field of the radiation applied to the subject from the radiation so...