ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,383, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG MEDISON Co. LTD. (Hongcheon-gun, South Korea).

"Ultrasound image processing method, and ultrasound apparatus using the same" was invented by Kang Sik Kim (Hongcheon-Gun, South Korea), Yang Mo Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Young Ray Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Ho Kim (Hongcheon-Gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ultrasound image processing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes transmitting and receiving an ultrasound signal to and from an object through an array in which a plurality of apertures are arranged along one direction, calculat...