ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,213, issued on July 1, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Otawara, Japan).

"Ultrasound diagnosis apparatus, image processing apparatus, and computer program product" was invented by Ryosuke Iwasaki (Otawara, Japan), Hiroki Takahashi (Nasushiobara, Japan) and Tomohisa Imamura (Otawara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnosis apparatus according to an embodiment includes processing circuitry. The processing circuitry is configured to receive an input of first ultrasound data and to output second ultrasound data. The processing circuitry is configured to reconstruct third ultrasound data on the basis of amp...