ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,857, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SHIMADZU Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"X-ray imaging apparatus, processing apparatus, and examination method" was invented by Takahiro Kawamura (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An X-ray imaging apparatus according to this invention includes an X-ray-image-and-voice-information collector for collecting a plurality of X-ray images based on detection results of X-rays with which a patient is irradiated, and for collecting voice information on the patient's voice input from a voice information input part; an X-ray image preserver for preserving the plurality of X-ray images collected together ...