US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on Feb. 18 for "Automated and assisted identification of stroke using feature-based brain imaging" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,017, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Automated and assisted identification of stroke using feature-based brain imaging" was invented by Karl A. Kasischke (Riverview, Fla.) and William Scott Burgin (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are systems and methods for automated identification of volumes of interest in volumetric brain images using artificial intelligence (AI) enhanced imaging to diagnose and treat acute stroke. The methods can include receiving image data of a brain having header data and voxel values that represent an interruption in blood supply of the ...