ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,657,730, issued on June 16, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Methods and systems for image annotation and segmentation" was invented by Jorge Hernandez Londono (Buc, France) and Vincent Morard (Buc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are herein provided for annotation and segmentation of 3D multi-volume imaging data. In one example, a method comprises obtaining three-dimensional (3D) multi-volume imaging data, the 3D multi-volume imaging data comprising a plurality of registered image volumes; determining one or more positions of a user cursor within a first image of a first image volu...