ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,697, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to NEW YORK SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF THE RUPTURED AND CRIPPLED, MAINTAINING THE HOSPITAL FOR SPECIAL SURGERY (New York).

"System and apparatus for simplified diffusion imaging fitting using a rotational invariant dictionary" was invented by Darryl B. Sneag (Plainview, N.Y.) and Ek Tsoon Tan (Westbury, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method includes: generating a set of simulated diffusion signals based on a corresponding set of diffusion sampling parameters and a corresponding set of micro structural model parameters, wherein the diffusion sample parameters correspond...