US Patent Issued to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE on April 7 for "Method and systems for color flow imaging of arteries and veins" (Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,058, issued on April 7, was assigned to GE PRECISION HEALTHCARE LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Method and systems for color flow imaging of arteries and veins" was invented by Rimon Tadross (Milwaukee) and Michael Ledwidge (Westport, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various methods and systems for color flow ultrasound imaging of arteries and veins are provided. In one embodiment, a method comprises acquiring a color flow image, automatically identifying an artery and a vein within the color flow image, and adjusting at least one imaging parameter responsive to the automatic identification of the artery and the vein. In this way, flow vel...