ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,106, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"System and method for medical imaging" was invented by Yuhang Shi (Shanghai), Zheng Zhang (Shanghai) and Tingrong Shi (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure directs to a system and method for automated positioning of a subject. The method may include obtaining a scout image of a subject when the subject is positioned at a first position in an apparatus. The method may also include determining location information of a reference structure of the subject based on the scout image. The method may also include determin...