ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,217, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Method and system for automated analysis of coronary angiograms" was invented by Geoffrey H. Tison (Oakland, Calif.), Robert Avram (Mont-Royal, Canada) and Jeffrey E. Olgin (Oakland, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and systems for angiography interpretation. In one particular embodiment a method includes: classifying the primary anatomic structure of one or more angiogram images of a first patient; classifying the projection angle of the one or more angiogram images of the first patient; labeling st...