ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,024, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Rad Physics Inc. (Birmingham, Ala.).

"Digital mobile radiography systems and methods" was invented by Gary T. Barnes (Vestavia Hills, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile radiography system of the present disclosure has an x-ray source assembly that activates a digital x-ray detector through X-rays striking the digital x-ray detector and a test plate in a stream of the X-rays configured to image a test pattern onto the digital x-ray detector. Further, the mobile radiography system has a processor that receives data indicative of the test pattern and the anatomy of interest and generates...