US Patent Issued on Sept. 15 for "Electronically steerable x-ray imaging system for precision breast cancer detection" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,733,890, issued on Sept. 15.

"Electronically steerable x-ray imaging system for precision breast cancer detection" was invented by Syed Hussain Ather (Zionsville, Ind.) and Richard Gordon (Alonsa, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronically steerable x-ray imaging system is disclosed that includes an x-ray beam generator, a Janus sphere array, a sensor array, and a computer system configured to reconstruct diagnostic images of biological tissue. The Janus sphere array enables electronic steering of the x-ray beam to control direction, intensity, and focus without mechanical movement. The sensor array collects x-ray data afte...