ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,169, issued on March 24, was assigned to JEOL Ltd. (Tokyo).
"Mass image processing apparatus and method" was invented by Masahiko Takei (Tokyo) and Takaya Satoh (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pre-processor applies a pre-process to an original mass image produced through mass spectrometry of a sample, to produce a model input image. An image quality converter has an image quality conversion model produced through machine learning based on a group of images produced by a scanning electron microscope, and produces a model output image through image quality conversion of the model input image. A post-processor applies a post-pr...