ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,426, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).
"Magnetic resonance elastography apparatus" was invented by Philipp Hocht (Bavaria, Germany) and Manuel Stich (Parkstein, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic resonance elastography apparatus, which may include a magnetic resonance apparatus and an elastography apparatus, is described. The magnetic resonance apparatus comprises a scanner unit, a patient receiving region surrounded at least partially by the scanner unit, and a patient couch, which is embodied to introduce a patient into the patient receiving region. The elastography appa...