ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,046, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MULTICT IMAGING LTD (Caesarea, Israel).

"X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner" was invented by Nathan Hermony (Caesarea, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray computed tomography (CT) scanner includes a plurality of X-Ray sources and detectors mounted about an opening where scanning takes place. The X-Ray sources and detectors are arranged to oscillate back and forth in opposing first and second rotational directions about the opening, or in the same rotational direction about the opening, in order to generate a cross-sectional image of an object located within the opening."

The paten...