ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,095, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to ESAOTE S.p.A. (Genoa, Italy).

"Method for correcting inhomogeneity of the static magnetic field particularly of the static magnetic field generated by the magnetic structure of a machine for acquiring nuclear magnetic resonance images and MRI system for carrying out such method" was invented by Vincenzo Punzo (Genoa, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for shimming a magnetic field which is generated by a magnetic structure, and which permeates a volume of space uses the following steps: measuring the magnetic field in a region of a volume of space permeated by the said magnetic field; ...