US Patent Issued to Canon U.S.A. on March 24 for "Visualization of three-dimensional image data on two-dimensional images" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,474, issued on March 24, was assigned to Canon U.S.A. Inc. (Melville, N.Y.).

"Visualization of three-dimensional image data on two-dimensional images" was invented by Hitoshi Nakamura (Boston) and Antonio Bonillas Vaca (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates generally to medical imaging and, more particularly to systems, methods, and devices for planning and carrying out minimally invasive procedures using external devices for needle guidance and the display and manipulation of the image set when planning and performing the procedure."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/23...