ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,670,566, issued on June 30, was assigned to Koninklijke Philips N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Enhancing angiograms" was invented by Vincent Maurice Andre Auvray (Meudon, France), Alexandre Jean Michel Popoff (Paris) and Raoul Florent (Ville d'Avray, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to image processing of angiograms. A device for enhancing angiograms is provided. The device comprises a data input, a data processor, and an output interface. The data input provides at least one angiographic image showing a vascular structure of interest comprising a plurality of vessel branches. The data processor is con...