ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,066, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LEICA MICROSYSTEMS NC INC. (Durham, N.C.).

"Method for three-dimensional (3D) image calibration for a spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system" was invented by Robert H. Hart (Durham, N.C.) and Hansford Hendargo (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for three-dimensional (3D) image calibration for a spectral domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system, the OCT system including a scanning arrangement for laterally scanning a sample light beam across a surface of a sample, an optical detection system for detecting light reflected back from the sample to obtai...