US Patent Issued to Queensland University of Technology on April 15 for "Correction of ultrasound probe-induced metal artifacts in X-ray based imaging systems" (Australian, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,627, issued on April 15, was assigned to Queensland University of Technology (Brisbane, Australia).

"Correction of ultrasound probe-induced metal artifacts in X-ray based imaging systems" was invented by Sathyathas Puvanasunthararajah (Logan Central, Australia), Saskia Camps (Prangins, Switzerland), Davide Fontanarosa (Bulimba, Australia), Adriano Garonna (Geneva) and Marie-Luise Wille (Jindalee, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal artifact reduction (MAR) method and system for reducing metal artifacts from X-ray images. The method is suitable for CT images generated with metallic elements exterior to a patient being scan...