US Patent Issued to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY, THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL on Nov. 18 for "Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing ultrasound multiple scattering to access pulmonary fibrosis" (North Carolina, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,888, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY (Raleigh, N.C.) and THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL (Chapel Hill, N.C.).

"Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing ultrasound multiple scattering to access pulmonary fibrosis" was invented by Thomas Michael Egan (Durham, N.C.), Marie Meryem Muller (Durham, N.C.) and Kaustav Mohanty (Wauwatosa, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods, systems, and computer readable media for utilizing ultrasound multiple scattering to assess pulmonary fibrosis are disclosed. One method may comprise transmitting ultrasound energy into the lung...