ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,256, issued on March 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Positioning of an X-ray imaging system" was invented by Robert Johannes Frederik Homan (Batenburg, Netherlands), Ronaldus Frederik Johannes Holthuizen (Culemborg, Netherlands), Johan Juliana Dries (Arendonk, Belgium), Raoul Florent (Ville d'Avray, France), Anindita Chatterjea (Best, Netherlands) and Edward Vuurberg (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for positioning of an X-ray imaging system. The device comprises a processor configured to obtain 3D image data of a spine region of interest of a subject comprising ...