Inventor
LOFTMAN RICKARD C
US12 patents
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SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC
4 patentsUS11771396B2Oct 3, 2023
Quantification of blood flow with ultrasound B-mode imaging
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC2 citations73
US12465318B2Nov 11, 2025
Quantification of blood flow with ultrasound B-mode imaging
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC0 citations62
US11844647B2Dec 19, 2023
Ultrasound catheter with adjustable apertures for multi-plane imaging
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC0 citations61
US10571554B2Feb 25, 2020
Adaptive post beamformation synthetic aperture for ultrasound imaging
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA INC0 citations50
ACUSON
3 patentsUS6589182B1Jul 8, 2003
Medical diagnostic ultrasound catheter with first and second tip portions
ACUSON107 citations96
US6790181B2Sep 14, 2004
Overlapped scanning for multi-directional compounding of ultrasound images
ACUSON33 citations92
US6679844B2Jan 20, 2004
Automatic gain compensation for multiple mode or contrast agent imaging
ACUSON41 citations89
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS
3 patentsUS7074186B2Jul 11, 2006
Transmit based axial whitening
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS8 citations67
US7534210B2May 19, 2009
Methods for adaptively varying gain during ultrasound agent quantification
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS5 citations62
US7887484B2Feb 15, 2011
Automatic velocity scale identification for medical diagnostic ultrasound
SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS0 citations52