ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,556, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GE Precision Helthcare LLC (Waukesha, Wis.).

"Ultrasound system for automatic spectral doppler ultrasound data acqusition" was invented by Federico Veronesi (San Lazzaro di Savena, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound system is provided for automatic spectral Doppler ultrasound data acquisition. The ultrasound system may acquire 4D color flow ultrasound data of an ROI of a subject. The ultrasound system may display a 4D color flow ultrasound image of the ROI of the subject based on the 4D color flow ultrasound data. The ultrasound system may receive a user input selecting a measurem...