US Patent Issued to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research on Oct. 7 for "Methods for high spatial and temporal resolution ultrasound imaging of microvessels" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,363, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research (Rochester, Minn.).

"Methods for high spatial and temporal resolution ultrasound imaging of microvessels" was invented by Chengwu Huang (Rochester, Minn.) and Shigao Chen (Rochester, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for high spatial and temporal resolution ultrasound imaging of microvessels in a subject are described. Ultrasound data are acquired from a region-of-interest in a subject who has been administered a microbubble contrast agent. The ultrasound data are acquired while the microbubbles are moving through, or other...