US Patent Issued to GE Precision Healthcare on Feb. 17 for "Method and system for automatic two-dimensional standard view detection in transesophageal ultrasound images" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,186, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GE Precision Healthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Method and system for automatic two-dimensional standard view detection in transesophageal ultrasound images" was invented by Kristin Sarah McLeod (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for automatically detecting two-dimensional standard views in transesophageal ultrasound images are provided. The method includes acquiring a first ultrasound image at a first depth and a first omniplane angle. The first ultrasound image corresponds with a first standard view. The first omniplane angle is an angle different from zero (0) de...