ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,354, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"3D/4D contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging apparatus, methods and media" was invented by Maodong Sang (Shenzhen, China), Lei Zhu (Shenzhen, China) and Xujin He (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are 3D/4D contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging (CEUS) apparatus, 3D/4D CEUS imaging methods and media. The method comprises: receiving an input for selecting a 3D/4D contrast-enhanced imaging mode; receiving an input for setting an imaging velocity including a first imaging velocity and a higher second imaging v...