US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Aug. 12 for "Ultrasound system with deep learning network providing real time image identification" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,236, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Ultrasound system with deep learning network providing real time image identification" was invented by Earl M. Canfield (Snohomish, Wash.) and Robert Gustav Trahms (Edmonds, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system with a deep learning neural net feature is used to automatically identify image anatomy or pathology and the view of the anatomy seen in the image. The feature also can assess image quality in real time. Based on identified anatomy, the system can automatically annotate images, launch measurement tools and exam prot...