US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Aug. 11 for "Filtering and apodization combination for ultrasound image generation and associated systems, methods, and devices" (California, Massachusetts, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,383, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Filtering and apodization combination for ultrasound image generation and associated systems, methods, and devices" was invented by Yiqun Yang (Sacramento, Calif.), Andrew Hancock (Sacramento, Calif.), David Hope Simpson (Bothell, Wash.), Francois Guy Gerard Marie Vignon (Andover, Mass.) and Jun Seob Shin (Winchester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound imaging system may include an array of acoustic elements and a processor circuit. The array may be configured to transmit ultrasound energy and receive echoes. The processor circ...