US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on May 27 for "Automated protocoling in medical imaging systems" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,626, issued on May 27, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Automated protocoling in medical imaging systems" was invented by Yaxi Shen (Waukesha, Wis.), Vignesh Doraiswamy (New Berlin, Wis.) and Amanda Ciano (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to leveraging machine learning algorithms to help guide users to effortlessly assign the correct protocol for an exam order using a standard protocol library and patient clinical information, and it further automates the scanner protocol selection creating a seamless workflow. This helps to reduce time for protocoling and ens...