Carestream was awarded 43 patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2012 for innovations in radiology imaging, dental imaging, and healthcare IT.
The new patents include improvements in digital radiography detectors, advanced image processing techniques for digital radiography, dental imaging advances in intraoral optical camera systems and radiography sensors, and innovations in its radiology information systems (RIS) and picture archiving and communications (PACS) systems portfolio.
In 2011, Carestream was awarded 47 patents for innovations from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.