US Patent Issued to Elekta on March 24 for "Techniques for comparing image contours of different human participants using automated tool" (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,193, issued on March 24, was assigned to Elekta Inc. (Atlanta).

"Techniques for comparing image contours of different human participants using automated tool" was invented by Benjamin Edward Nelms (Merrimac, Wis.) and John Christodouleas (Swarthmore, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Using a computer-implemented intermediary by which contouring performed by two participants, such as two physicians, can be compared. First, contouring performed by each participant can be compared to contouring performed by the intermediary. Then, by way of the common intermediary and a transitive analysis, contouring performed by each participant can...