ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,672, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to CANON K.K. (Tokyo).
"Medical image processing apparatus, system, and method" was invented by Takuya Sakaguchi (Utsunomiya, Japan), Kazumasa Arakita (Utsunomiya, Japan), Hideaki Ishii (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Takahiko Nishioka (Otawara, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical image processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to acquire a first parameter pertaining to a force at a coronary artery of a subject and a second parameter pertaining to at least one of a shape, character, and fluid resistance related to the...