US Patent Issued to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS on Sept. 23 for "Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,614, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CANON MEDICAL SYSTEMS Corp. (Tochigi, Japan).

"Ultrasound diagnostic apparatus" was invented by Ryota Osumi (Nasushiobara, Japan), Tomohisa Imamura (Kawasaki, Japan), Kuramitsu Nishihara (Otawara, Japan), Hiroki Yoshiara (Saitama, Japan), Hiroaki Ishikawa (Kawasaki, Japan) and Yuko Takada (Kawasaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus according to an embodiment includes image processing circuitry. The image processing circuitry acquires, based on a result of ultrasound scanning performed on a subject, blood flow information including a value that indicates ...