US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers on Jan. 20 for "Computer-implemented method for operating an X-ray facility, X-ray facility, computer program, and electronically readable data carrier" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,533, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method for operating an X-ray facility, X-ray facility, computer program, and electronically readable data carrier" was invented by Annette Birkhold (Stuttgart, Germany) and Philipp Roser (Erlangen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an X-ray facility for recording a three-dimensional (3D) image data set of a target area of a patient is provided. A recording arrangement including an X-ray detector and an X-ray source may be rotated about an axis of rotation for recording two-dimensional projection ima...