ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,220, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Radiographic image processing device, radiographic image processing method, and radiographic image processing program" was invented by Shin Hamauzu (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor acquires a first radiographic image and a second radiographic image obtained by irradiating a subject, into which a tracheal tube has been inserted, with radiation in different directions, derives a three-dimensional position of a distal end of the tracheal tube in the subject on the basis of a position of the distal end of the tracheal tube in each of the first...