US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 14 for "Method and apparatus with user guidance and automated image setting selection for mitral regurgitation evaluation" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,124, issued on July 14, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Method and apparatus with user guidance and automated image setting selection for mitral regurgitation evaluation" was invented by Qianxi Li (Cambridge, Mass.), Claudia Errico (Medford, Mass.), Hua Xie (Cambridge, Mass.), Ramon Quido Erkamp (Swampscott, Mass.) and Benoit Mory (Medford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ultrasound imaging system and method for improving MR quantification is described. An ultrasound imaging system according to some embodiments may be programmed to execute one or more routines and use one or more trained predi...