ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,075, issued on June 23, was assigned to SIEMENS HEALTHINEERS AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Method for providing adapted 4D CT data" was invented by Christian Hofmann (Erlangen, Germany) and Matthias Baer-Beck (Spardorf, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more example embodiments relates to a computer-implemented method for providing adapted 4D C T data, the method comprising receiving initial 4D CT data, the initial 4D CT data corresponding to a first 4D CT scan, the first 4D CT scan relating to an anatomical structure on a first examination date; receiving supplementary 4D CT data, the supplementary 4D CT data corresponding t...