ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,558, issued on May 20, was assigned to PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL (Beijing).

"Saline contrast electrical impedance lung perfusion and cardiac imaging image reconstruction and analysis method, system, device thereof" was invented by Huaiwu He (Beijing), Liangyu Mi (Beijing), Siyi Yuan (Beijing), Mengru Xu (Beijing), Yun Long (Beijing), Qianlin Wang (Beijing), Yingying Yang (Beijing) and Zhanqi Zhao (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to the field of medical image analysis, in particular to an image reconstruction and analysis method, system and device for saline contrast electrical impedance pulmo...