US Patent Issued on Feb. 24 for "Method and system for acquiring spectral data for use in assessing risk of breast cancer" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,039, issued on Feb. 24.

"Method and system for acquiring spectral data for use in assessing risk of breast cancer" was invented by Carolyn Mountford (Ryde, Australia), Gorane Santamaria (Bowen Hills, Australia), Peter Malycha (St Georges, Australia) and Natali Naude (Ninderry, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system enabling a determination of the risk of developing breast cancer of a subject, comprises using a magnetic resonance spectroscopy device to obtain the level of the spectral signal at 3.15 and 3.19 ppm, within the breast tissue of the subject, and comparing the level of the spectral signal obtained in t...