ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,467, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Faxitron Bioptics LLC (Marlborough, Mass.).
"3D masking in a computed tomography image" was invented by Ciaran Purdy (Wilmington, Del.) and Baorui Ren (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for masking a container in a computerized tomography (CT) image includes receiving a specimen secured in a container on a rotatable support surface and identifying the container. A mask corresponding to the container is determined. The specimen and container are rotated through a plurality of imaging angles. During rotation the specimen and container are imaged to obtain a set of 2D images a...