US Patent Issued to Siemens Healthineers on Sept. 15 for "Method for automated processing of volumetric medical images" (Pennsylvania, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,364, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Siemens Healthineers AG (Forchheim, Germany).

"Method for automated processing of volumetric medical images" was invented by Halid Yerebakan (Carmel, Ind.), Gerardo Hermosillo Valadez (West Chester, Pa.) and Yoshihisa Shinagawa (Downingtown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A framework for automated processing of volumetric medical images. A volumetric medical image, including at least one organ or portion thereof, is received. A regression model is applied for estimating anatomical locations to a certain input, including a sub-volume of the volumetric medical image associated with a certai...