ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,838, issued on June 24, was assigned to Media Co. Ltd. (Tokyo) and Gifu University (Gifu, Japan).
"Osteoporosis diagnostic support apparatus" was invented by Hironobu Tsuji (Tokyo), Yosuke Tsuji (Tokyo), Tatsuro Hayashi (Tokyo), Hiroshi Fujita (Gifu, Japan), Takeshi Hara (Gifu, Japan), Chisako Muramatsu (Gifu, Japan), Kazuki Horiba (Gifu, Japan) and Akitoshi Katsumata (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an apparatus for measuring the thickness, roughness, and morphology index of the mandibular cortical bone using a dental panorama image to assist in the diagnosis of osteoporosis, wherein the thickness, roughness, ...