US Patent Issued to Southwest Research Institute on Sept. 15 for "Bone fracture risk prediction using low-resolution clinical computed tomography (CT) scans" (Texas, Georgia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,878, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Southwest Research Institute (San Antonio).

"Bone fracture risk prediction using low-resolution clinical computed tomography (CT) scans" was invented by Lance L. Frazer (San Antonio), Daniel P. Nicolella (San Antonio) and Nathan Louis (Buford, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bone fracture risk analysis, and more particularly, to bone fracture risk prediction using low-resolution clinical CT scans, for example, CT scans having a resolution in a range of 250 to 1000 microns."

The patent was filed on Sept. 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/935,153.

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