ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,931, issued on June 10, was assigned to New York University (New York).

"Method to select radiation dosage for tumor treatment based on cellular imaging" was invented by Douglas Kondziolka (New York) and Timothy Shepherd (Bronxville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and apparatuses are disclosed for radiation treatment of tumors based at least in part on patient-specific imaging information. The methods, systems and apparatuses include computer programs encoded on computer-readable media. The methods include acquiring imaging information relating to a target to be treated. The imaging information is non-anatomic ...