US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on March 24 for "Image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and blood pressure monitor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,191, issued on March 24, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Image processing apparatus, medical image diagnostic apparatus, and blood pressure monitor" was invented by Akihito Takahashi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Satoshi Wakai (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Takuya Sakaguchi (Utsunomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising a specifying unit and a display controller. The specifying unit that specifies an acquisition position of an indicator relating to blood flow on a blood vessel-containing image collected by a medical image diagnostic apparatus. Th...