ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,878, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Novarad Corp. (Provo, Utah).
"Aligning image data of a patient with actual views of the patient using an optical code affixed to the patient" was invented by Wendell Arlen Gibby (Mapleton, Utah), Steven Cvetko (Draper, Utah) and Jacob Troy Gibby (Arlington, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aligning image data of a patient with actual views of the patient using an optical code affixed to the patient. In some embodiments, a method may include affixing an optical code to a patient, affixing a pattern of markers to the patient, capturing image data of the patient, sensing the optical code affixed t...