ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,188, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FUJIFILM Corp. (Tokyo).

"Image processing device, method, and program" was invented by Yoshiro Kitamura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A processor sequentially acquires a plurality of radiation images of a subject having a body cavity into which an ultrasonic endoscope to which an ultrasonic imaging device is attached and to which a radiation impermeable marker is attached is inserted, sequentially acquires a plurality of two-dimensional ultrasound images corresponding to the plurality of radiation images, which are acquired by the ultrasonic imaging device, recognizes a position and a p...