ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,868, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Measurement of blood flow parameters" was invented by Eran Langzam (Haifa, Israel), Hannes Nickisch (Hamburg, Germany), Christian Haase (Hamburg, India), Michael Grass (Buchholz In der Nordheide, Germany) and Holger Schmitt (Luetjensee, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method of measuring a blood flow parameter in a vasculature, is provided. The method includes: analyzing spectral CT projection data to isolate from the spectral CT projection data, contrast agent projection data representing the flow of the injected...