Would the person operating the equipment initially own the image?
I say initially because they've likely signed some agreement with their employer that assigns copyright created through the course of employment to the employer...
The employer may have then signed an agreement in purchasing that equipment that assigns some rights over the image to the equipment manufacturer...
So I guess who knows? In the absence of a law explicitly giving the patient rights to their data, it is probably a super complicated, case-by-case answer.
I say initially because they've likely signed some agreement with their employer that assigns copyright created through the course of employment to the employer...
The employer may have then signed an agreement in purchasing that equipment that assigns some rights over the image to the equipment manufacturer...
So I guess who knows? In the absence of a law explicitly giving the patient rights to their data, it is probably a super complicated, case-by-case answer.