US Patent Issued to Hologic on April 7 for "Tissue imaging in presence of fluid during biopsy procedure" (Delaware Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,063, issued on April 7, was assigned to Hologic Inc. (Marlborough, Mass.).

"Tissue imaging in presence of fluid during biopsy procedure" was invented by Biao Chen (Newark, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hybrid image based on different tissue specimen images is generated to compensate for blood and other fluids that interfere with imaging. Specimen is deposited into tray with fluid. X-ray and camera imaging devices acquire images of specimen and fluid. X-ray and optical images are processed for generation of hybrid image. Transparency modifications allow for multiple and different images to contribute to depiction of specimen e...