ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,997, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Ultrasound imaging method and system" was invented by Tobias Wissel (Lubeck, Germany), Frank Michael Weber (Hamburg, Germany), Arne Ewald (Hamburg, Germany) and Irina Waechter-Stehle (Hamburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for generating an ultrasound image of an anatomical region having a volume. First image low resolution image data is enhanced by adapting a 3D anatomical model to the image data to generate a second, greater, quantity of ultrasound image data in respect of the anatomical region. The enhanced vol...