US Patent Issued to FUJIFILM on July 1 for "Progression prediction apparatus, progression prediction method, and progression prediction program" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,560, issued on July 1, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Progression prediction apparatus, progression prediction method, and progression prediction program" was invented by Takayuki Hashimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor is configured to derive, with reference to a database in which a plurality of reference images are saved such that an interpretation result about an abnormal shadow included in each reference image of the plurality of reference images is associated with the reference image, a degree of similarity between a target image and each of the plurality of reference images; the processor is configu...