ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,870, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to OXFORD UNIVERSITY INNOVATION Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).

"Radiomic signature of adipose" was invented by Charalambos Antoniades (Oxford, Great Britain) and Alexios Antonopoulos (Oxford, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for characterising a region of interest comprising adipose tissue using medical imaging data of a subject is disclosed. The method comprises calculating the value of a radiomic signature of the region of interest using the medical imaging data. Also disclosed is a method for deriving a radiomic signature indicative of adipose tissue dysfunction. The method ...