ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,491, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Forschungszentrum Julich GmbH (Germany).

"Antenna assembly for a tomography system" was invented by Nadim Joni Shah (Julich, Germany), Chang-Hoon Choi (Julich, Germany), Jorg Felder (Julich, Germany) and Suk-Min Hong (Wurselen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an antenna assembly for an imaging method, a use of an antenna assembly and a tomography system, in particular for MRI or simultaneous MR-PET/SPECT. An antenna assembly for an imaging method comprises at least two adjacent antennas, wherein each of the at least two antennas is designed as a J-pole a...