ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,665, issued on May 20, was assigned to Woorien Co. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and VATECH EWOO Holdings Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Method and device for quantifying size of tissue of interest of animal by using X-ray image of animal" was invented by In Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Tae Hee Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of quantifying a size of a tissue of interest in a animal through a device including a storage, an image processor, and a display by using an X-ray image of the animal is proposed. The proposed method may include storing the X-ray image in the storage, displaying ...