ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,072, issued on March 31, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Radiographic image acquiring device, radiographic image acquiring system, and radiographic image acquisition method" was invented by Tatsuya Onishi (Hamamatsu, Japan), Toshiyasu Suyama (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Satoshi Tsuchiya (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A image acquiring device includes a camera configured to scan radiation passing through a target object in one direction and acquire an X-ray image, a scintillator configured to convert the X-rays into light, and a control device configured to input the X-ray image to a trained ...