US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on Oct. 14 for "Coached breathing system for medical imaging" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,154, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

"Coached breathing system for medical imaging" was invented by Arka Datta (Pewaukee, Wis.), Brian Nett (Waukesha, Wis.) and Chelsey Lewis (Waukesha, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided for aiding a subject of a medical imaging exam in performing coached breathing. In one embodiment, a method for a medical imaging system comprises generating a three-dimensional (3-D) virtual representation of a portion of a surface of a chest and/or abdomen of a subject of the medical imaging system, the portion adjustable in size by...