ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,751,691, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Siemens Medical Solutions USA Inc. (Malvern, Pa.).

"Image classification-dependent user interface in ultrasound imaging" was invented by Ismayil M. Guracar (Redwood City, Calif.), Bimba Rao (San Jose, Calif.) and Cynthia Wolverton (Mountain View, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "For a classification-dependent user interface in ultrasound imaging with an ultrasound scanner, the ultrasound scanner classifies a view represented in an image. The user interface changes according to the view, allowing one or a few user inputs to be used for different user options or behavior combinations appropria...