US Patent Issued on April 14 for "Computed tomography based imaging of vasa vasorum density for detection and monitoring of inflammation and angiogenesis in vascular wall" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,350, issued on April 14.

"Computed tomography based imaging of vasa vasorum density for detection and monitoring of inflammation and angiogenesis in vascular wall" was invented by Morteza Naghavi (Long Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for imaging vasa vasorum density of a vessel in the body such as coronary and carotid arteries and the aorta and thereby assessing the risk of adverse health outcomes for a patient, comprising administering a contrast agent to the patient; performing a contrast-enhanced CT scan to measure Hounsfield distribution and...