ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,234, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON Co. LTD. (Gangwon-Do, South Korea).

"Ultrasonic imaging apparatus and method for controlling the same" was invented by Ji Young Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Ki Wan Choi (Anyang-si, South Korea) and Seong Hyeon Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an ultrasonic imaging apparatus capable of obtaining a more accurate shear wave elastic image by removing inefficient areas such as blood vessels using a shear wave observation signal in a section where an object is not affected by a push pulse, and a method for controlling the same. The ultrasonic ima...