ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,516, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Dynamic imaging system workflow optimization" was invented by Gereon Vogtmeier (Aachen, Germany), Paulus Rene Maria Van Beers (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Dikshit Msr (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to X-ray imaging. In order to improve the throughout of an X-ray imaging system, an apparatus is provided for managing an imaging workflow of an X-ray imaging system for an upcoming imaging sequence. The apparatus comprises an input unit, a processing unit, and an output unit. The input unit is configured t...