US Patent Issued to University of Washington on Aug. 5 for "Devices, systems, and methods for personalized dosimetry" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,289, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to University of Washington (Seattle).

"Devices, systems, and methods for personalized dosimetry" was invented by Larry A Pierce II (Seattle), Robert S. Miyaoka (Seattle) and Robert L Harrison (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices, systems, and methods for performing personalized dosimetry of a patient receiving a radiopharmaceutical are described. In an example method, anatomic data is generated by performing a computed tomography (CT) scan on the patient when they are lying down and wearing a garment. Based on the anatomic data, locations of organs of the patient are determined w...