ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,688,927, issued on July 21, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Image feature classification" was invented by Hongxin Chen (Shanghai), Jiayin Zhou (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Sa Yuan Liang (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Yi Fan (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for image feature classification using a NN-based learning algorithms to make a decision about a feature in a medical image or image part. In particular, embodiments may make use of a phase of a multi-phasic image to improve classification accuracy. For instance, embodiments may combine different phases of multiph...