US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on April 15 for "Computer-implemented method for visualization of an elongated anatomical structure" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,277,718, issued on April 15, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Computer-implemented method for visualization of an elongated anatomical structure" was invented by Karthik Krishnan (Bangalore, India), Celine Firtion (Surat, India), Subhendu Seth (Bangalore, India), Pallavi Vajinepalli (Bangalore, India) and David Nigel Roundhill (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computer-implemented method for visualization of an elongated anatomical structure (20), for example of a fetal spine using ultrasound is provided. The method comprising the steps of: receiving a plurality of 3D ultrasound image ...