ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,309, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging support device, and operation method and operation program for the same" was invented by Takeru Sugiyama (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging support device used in a radiography apparatus including a radiation source and a radiation image detector that detects a radiation image of a subject on the basis of radiation emitted from the radiation source and transmitted through the subject, includes at least one processor. The processor executes a determination process of determining a necessity of and a reason for recapturing an acquired new r...