ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,460, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"Systems and methods for vascular image processing" was invented by Yufei Mao (Shanghai), Xiong Yang (Shanghai), Saisai Su (Shanghai), Weijian Zou (Shanghai) and Ke Wu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for image processing are provided. The systems may include obtaining an initial image relating to a blood vessel. The system may include determining a centerline of the blood vessel based on the initial image. The system may also include determining one or more images to be segmented of the blood vessel based on the ...