ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,511, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Functional magnetic resonance imaging" was invented by Maria Estrella Mena Benito (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Joanne Henriette Desiree Monique Westerink (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Raymond Van Ee (Geldrop, Netherlands), Timmy Robertus Maria Leufkens (Upplands Vasby, Sweden), Marieke Van Dooren (Arendonk, Belgium), Adrianus Johannes Maria Denissen (Moergestel, Netherlands), Willem Huijbers (Tilburg, Netherlands) and Marco Matters (Valkenswaard, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is proposed to obtain information about a stress or anxie...