US Patent Issued to Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare on Nov. 25 for "Apparatus and method for acquiring tomographic images using microwaves" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,077, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare (Rome).

"Apparatus and method for acquiring tomographic images using microwaves" was invented by Nadim Conti (Rome).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention consists of an apparatus and method for first level detection of tumour masses, pleural effusions and cysts, using time-of-flight reflectometry and dielectric spectroscopy, with the advantage of speeding up the diagnosis of these pathologies compared to the use of Computerized Tomography (CT) and/or Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)."

The patent was filed on Dec. 21, 2021, under Application No. 18/26...