ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,464, issued on June 17, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Spectral dual-layer CT-guided interventions" was invented by Roland Proksa (Hamburg, Germany) and Alexander Andre Fingerle (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of spectrally imaging an organ during an image-guided intervention is disclosed. Based on at least one first scan, a first image modality is obtained. A selection of a region of interest is obtained within the first image modality. Based on at least one second spectral scan of the organ, at least three second image modalities are obtained. A contrast value is calculated over ...