ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,318, issued on May 20, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Computer-implemented method for determining spatially resolved radiation exposure information, x-ray device, computer program, and electronically readable data storage medium" was invented by Annette Birkhold (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for determining spatially resolved radiation exposure information for a patient during an examination by an imaging X-ray device includes: determining preliminary dose information, when a compensating filter is used that is arranged between the patient and the X-ra...