US Patent Issued to Canon on Nov. 3 for "Medical image diagnosis system and tissue characteristic estimation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,197, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Medical image diagnosis system and tissue characteristic estimation method" was invented by Hiroki Taguchi (Otawara, Japan), Shinsuke Tsukagoshi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Yohei Minatoya (Tokyo) and Ryo Okuda (Utsunomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image diagnosis system includes an imaging apparatus and processing circuitry. The imaging apparatus applies one-time or multiple-time medical imaging to a subject to which a plurality of drugs having a tissue accumulation property, which corresponds to a tissue characteristic, are administered successively or simul...