ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,673, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to INOVA BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY S.R.L. (Catania, Italy).

"Image classification method, in particular medical images, for example radiographic images" was invented by Sabrina Conoci (Tremestieri Etnco, Italy) and Francesco Traina (Ferrara, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image classification method, in particular medical images, for example radiographic images, wherein a sub-image RI which contains, for example, a Region Of Interest (ROI) in which a portion of limb and a prosthesis inserted into the same limb are visible is subjected to a classification process designed to define whether the...