ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,608,976, issued on April 21, was assigned to Siemens Shanghai Medical Equipment Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Method and system for assisting in determining identity of scanned person in CT scanning, and CT scanner" was invented by Ze Ben Li (Shanghai), Li Na Li (Shanghai), Jia Feng (Shanghai) and Jie Qing Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques are provided for determining an identity of a scanned person in computed tomography (CT) scanning is provided. The techniques include the use of a system for assisting in determining an identity of a scanned person in CT scanning and a CT scanner."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2022, und...