ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,324, issued on April 29, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Providing a scene with synthetic contrast" was invented by Tobias Lenich (Nuremberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for providing a scene with synthetic contrast includes receiving preoperative image data of an examination region containing a hollow organ, wherein the medical image data images a contrast agent flow in the hollow organ; receiving intraoperative image data of the examination region of the examination subject, wherein the intraoperative image data images a medical object at least partially dispose...