ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,714, issued on June 16.

"Task joint optimization method, apparatus, device, and medium for vascular morphology and vascular hemodynamic characteristics" was invented by Hui Feng (Hangzhou, China), Fandong Zhang (Hangzhou, China), Yizhou Yu (Hangzhou, China), Yiming Li (Hangzhou, China) and Xin Qiao (Hangzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure provides a task joint optimization method, apparatus, device, and medium for vascular morphology and vascular hemodynamic characteristics, including using a hybrid encoder suitable for at least two task types for image feature extraction during an encoding process; configuring...