ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,217, issued on April 21, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"X-ray imaging system and device display method" was invented by Shota Oshikawa (Kyoto, Japan) and Naoya Furuhashi (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The X-ray imaging system generates a three-dimensional model of a device based on a first X-ray image and a second X-ray image. The X-ray imaging system determines an inaccurate portion of the shape in the three-dimensional model (81) by identifying a parallel portion extending along a direction parallel to the epipolar line, from the device having a linear structure. The X-ray imaging system displays the...