US Patent Issued to Sonoclear AS on Sept. 8 for "Ultrasound image artefact reduction" (Norwegian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,862, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Sonoclear AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Ultrasound image artefact reduction" was invented by Tormod Selbekk (Oslo, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a method and system (1) for reducing an artefact (10) in an ultrasound image (4) of biological tissue (5), the biological tissue (5) comprising an object (6) that has different attenuation than surrounding tissue (8), wherein the object (6) comprises a cyst, a ventricle, a fluid-filled cavity, or a natural or surgically-created opening. The method comprises: obtaining an ultrasound image (4) of the biological tissue (5) including the ob...