ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,158, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Ultrasound imaging system having digital ultrasonic imaging devices" was invented by Qi Zhong Lin (Shanghai), Zhouye Chen (Shanghai), Jianan Wang (Shanghai), Jingping Xu (Shanghai), Ling Tong (Shanghai), Jin Ning Chen (Fuzhou, China), Xiang Hui Bai (Shanghai) and Thanasis Loupas (Kirkland, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for providing contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) images is described. The CEUS system includes an ultrasound probe adapted to provide the ultrasound images; a processor configured to determine out-of-plane frame...