ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,965, issued on May 5, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Medical ultrasound imaging optimization using a machine-learned network" was invented by Miroslav Gajdos (Kosice, Slovak Republic) and Bimba Rao (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Machine learning network trained to tune settings and optimize images. In accordance with one aspect, a method is provided for image optimization with a medical ultrasound scanner. A medical ultrasound scanner images a patient using first settings. A first image from the imaging using the first settings and patient information for the patient are input to a...