ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,392, issued on May 6, was assigned to KONICA MINOLTA INC. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus and storage medium" was invented by Tatsuya Takagi (Mitaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image processing apparatus includes a hardware processor. The hardware processor estimates a body thickness and an irradiation field region of a subject based on a radiograph obtained by radiographing the subject. Further, the hardware processor calculates a distance from a focus of a radiation source to a radiation entrance point based on the body thickness. Still further, the hardware processor calculates an irradiation field size based on ...