ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,438, issued on June 16, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Image processing apparatus and image processing method" was invented by Motohiro Miura (Yaita, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, an image processing apparatus comprising: a processing circuitry configured to: acquire an MR signal emitted from an object by an RF pulse of a first MRI apparatus being applied to the object; and generate an image based on the acquired MR signal, an MR signal corresponding to a period when a second MRI apparatus outputs an RF pulse, being not used for generating the image."
The patent was filed on Feb. 28, 2024, under Appli...