ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,771, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).

"X-ray diagnostic apparatus, x-ray diagnostic system, and x-ray diagnostic method" was invented by Saki Yoshida (Shimoda, Japan), Yoshiteru Kobayashi (Sakura, Japan), Kazuo Imagawa (Nasushiobara, Japan), Takuya Aida (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Mizuki Satoh (Nasushiobara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes a processor. The processor sequentially acquires ultrasonic image data generated from a signal collected from a detector of an ultrasonic catheter that is inserted into a body of a subject. The processor collec...