ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,917, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Adaptive ultrasound scanning" was invented by Earl M. Canfield (New Braunfels, Texas), Man Nguyen (Melrose, Mass.) and Hua Xie (Cambridge, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes imaging systems configured to generate adaptive scanning protocols based on anatomical features and conditions identified during a prenatal scan of an object. Systems may include an ultrasound transducer configured to acquire echo signals responsive to ultrasound pulses transmitted toward a target region. Processors coupled with the trans...