ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,897, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Determining a location at which a given feature is represented in medical imaging data" was invented by Halid Yerebakan (Carmel, Ind.), Yoshihisa Shinagawa (Downingtown, Pa.), Kritika Iyer (Conshohocken, Pa.) and Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez (West Chester, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer implemented method and apparatus for determining a location at which a given feature is represented in target medical imaging data is disclosed. The method includes determining, by inputting an initial descriptor for an initial location in the target medi...