ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,653, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to BRAINLAB AG (Munich).

"Medical image analysis using machine learning and an anatomical vector" was invented by Stefan Vilsmeier (Munich) and Jens Schmaler (Mering, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a computer-implemented method which encompasses registering a tracked imaging device such as a microscope having a known viewing direction and an atlas to a patient space so that a transformation can be established between the atlas space and the reference system for defining positions in images of an anatomical structure of the patient. Labels are associated with certain constituen...