ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,406,411, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to SHANGHAI UNITED IMAGING HEALTHCARE Co. LTD. (Shanghai).

"System and method for image reconstruction" was invented by Yang Lyu (Shanghai) and Yu Ding (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for image reconstruction are provided. A first region of an object may be determined. The first region may correspond to a first voxel. A second region of the object may be determined. The second region may correspond to a second voxel. Scan data of the object may be acquired. A first regional image may be reconstructed based on the scan data. The reconstruction of the first regional imag...