US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Jan. 13 for "AI-aided computed tomography using 3D scanogram for automated lens protection" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,077, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).

"AI-aided computed tomography using 3D scanogram for automated lens protection" was invented by Tzu-Cheng Lee (Vernon Hills, Ill.), Liang Cai (Vernon Hills, Ill.) and Jian Zhou (Vernon Hills, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling computed tomography (CT) scanning includes performing a scout CT scan of a 3D region of a head of a subject to be examined, using a CT gantry having an X-ray source and an X-ray detector both rotatably supported thereby, to produce image data. Anatomical landmarks are detected for identifying an orbito...