US Patent Issued to Canon on June 30 for "Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and storage medium" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,584, issued on June 30, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Medical image processing apparatus, medical image processing method, and storage medium" was invented by Masami Kawagishi (Kawasaki, Japan) and Kota Aoyagi (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image processing apparatus includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry acquires medical image data to be analyzed. The processing circuitry identifies the direction of gravity for the medical image data. The processing circuitry sets the first weight to pixels constituting the medical image data on the basis of the direction of gravity. The process...