ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,127, issued on May 20, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Guided reviews of prior exams and reports" was invented by Andre GooBen (Radbruch, Germany), Axel Saalbach (Hamburg, Germany), Rafael Wiemker (Kisdorf, Germany), Tim Philipp Harder (Ahrensburg, Germany), Tom Brosch (Hamburg, Germany) and Hrishikesh Narayanrao Deshpande (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for reviewing a prior medical image and a related prior medical report, including: a plurality of measurement tools configured to: receive an input medical image and information regarding a medical finding; analyze the inp...