US Patent Issued to Progenics Pharmaceuticals, EXINI Diagnostics on Sept. 16 for "Systems and methods for automated and interactive analysis of bone scan images for detection of metastases" (Swedish, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,748, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Progenics Pharmaceuticals Inc. (N. Billerica, Mass.) and EXINI Diagnostics AB (Lund, Sweden).

"Systems and methods for automated and interactive analysis of bone scan images for detection of metastases" was invented by Karl Vilhelm Sjostrand (Atlantic Highlands, N.J.), Jens Filip Andreas Richter (Staffanstorp, Sweden) and Lars Edenbrandt (Lund, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Presented herein are systems and methods that provide for improved computer aided display and analysis of nuclear medicine images. In particular, in certain embodiments, the systems and methods described herein pro...